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Posted: Wed May 16th, 2012 14:13

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steve of oxford

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Topic migrated from old site.

Am currently developing a project to make my own mercury batteries, initially for watch use.

Any chemists on here or anyone with an interest please feel welcome to comment.

Project status is;

Sourced chemicals needed.

So far produced mercury oxide by taking mercury to mercury nitrate, then desiccating and finally pyrolysis into oxide.

Next stage is a glass test cell.

Posted: Wed May 16th, 2012 23:28

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Errr... please be careful, mercury vapor is nasty stuff!

Best of luck!

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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 11:55

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Aren't mercury batteries illegal?
Perhaps that's just for commercial sale

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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 12:18

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Doug wrote:
Aren't mercury batteries illegal?

Probably... What better reason to make some! :hardhat:

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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 12:39

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Better than silver bullets I believe.

Steve, can you make them bullet shaped ?. There are several politicans that need one to aid their thinking.

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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 14:49

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Steve

As my day job involves making test devices for photovoltaics and lighting, I guess I qualify. I posted some suppliers on the old thread.

But I have to ask the question, why you are bothering with this, unless it is simply the challenge of doing it.

I would never trust a home-made cell in any important instrument (watch, camera etc.).

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Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 17:16

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KirkP wrote: Errr... please be careful, mercury vapor is nasty stuff!

Best of luck!
only if you inhale it.

Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 17:20

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Constable wrote: Steve

As my day job involves making test devices for photovoltaics and lighting, I guess I qualify. I posted some suppliers on the old thread.

But I have to ask the question, why you are bothering with this, unless it is simply the challenge of doing it.

I would never trust a home-made cell in any important instrument (watch, camera etc.).

Ed
1 yes the challenge.

2 the satisfaction of not getting stuffed over by big business and owned government.

Home made is ok in watches or anything else, the key is getting the seal right.

Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 17:28

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Doug wrote: Aren't mercury batteries illegal?
Perhaps that's just for commercial sale
Not on my property.

Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 17:40

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jk wrote: Better than silver bullets I believe.

Steve, can you make them bullet shaped ?. There are several politicans that need one to aid their thinking.
Trouble is mercury is liquid, you'd have to dose the bullet with oxide, but then if the bullet killed them, you'd have wasted a lot of work and precious HgO.

A better way would be to somehow get them to swallow a capsule containing sodium metal, in that way they'd effectively have a thermic lance working it's way through, nice and slow. Might hurt a bit though.

Personally I think if at the next general election absolutely no none voted, then a government cannot be formed and that would be much more powerful.

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