Re: Mercury spills

[Norman Lohstreter <petel@TENET.EDU>]

> The sulfur trick works well on small, dispersed droplets, although you
> should allow a day or so for the reaction to complete. Our safety
> people use a proprietary product called Hg Absorb (Lab Safety Supply,
> 800-356-0783). It is a metal powder that rapidly forms an amalgam with
> the mercury. The resulting solid is easy to pick up for
> disposal. Having used both, I find the metal product a bit better. The


I have used powdered zinc to clean mercury spills.
Works much better than sulfur.