Is it possible to soak up MERCURY with a SPONGE?04:33

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Published on April 9, 2017

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Many have asked what would happen when you try to use a sponge on mercury. I really didn’t know for sure. Here ya go!
The reason I used this type of foam sponge is because it had small cells and not a lot of voids like a typical sponge. I really don’t believe the results would have been any different other than large quantities of Hg pooling in those voids and potentially splashing around much more.

Another video done with a NORMAL sponge (whatever that is )

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t/n 4.31.16

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