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Given that mercury is a metal?

has anyone ever checked whether it arcs in a microwave as metallic objects are supposed to do?

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  • Roddy
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Given that mercury can be lethal I have never bothered to stick it in a microwave to find out.

  • frank
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Mercury is poisonous, and it will vaporize. I would not try that.

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