Mercury vacuum

For the vacuum pressure measurement, see Inch of mercury.

A mercury vacuum is a vacuum cleaner specifically designed to collect mercury, for instance to clean up spills of the element.^[1]

See also

Mercury poisoning, a disease caused by exposure to the element mercury or its toxic compounds
Mercury Policy Project, an organization that works to promote policies to control the distribution of the element mercury
Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, a 1996 United States law to phase out the use of mercury in batteries
Poison control

External links

An example of a mercury vacuum

References

^ Example vacuum for liquid mercury spills and granular mercury compounds while eliminating mercury vapors.