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It's interesting. Whenever I'd run amalgams, I've often found elemental mercury at the base of the flask or beaker. This, unlike the salts, is rather easily recovered. Comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.91.147 (talk) 04:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Or just fish out the amalgam-coated pieces of aluminium with forceps or a frit. I rewrote to focus on the simple fact that there is mercury and its intrinsic issues rather than difficulties in manipulating the specific Hg-containing materials here. DMacks (talk) 07:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The aluminium amalgamation in the presence of water results in HgO and Hg. It's noted in the first paragraph.

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 It's interesting. Whenever I'd run amalgams, I've often found elemental mercury at the base of the flask or beaker. This, unlike the salts, is rather easily recovered. Comments?  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/109.156.91.147|109.156.91.147]] ([[User talk:109.156.91.147|talk]]) 04:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 :Or just fish out the amalgam-coated pieces of aluminium with forceps or a frit. I rewrote to focus on the simple fact that there is mercury and its intrinsic issues rather than difficulties in manipulating the specific Hg-containing materials here. [[User:DMacks|DMacks]] ([[User talk:DMacks|talk]]) 07:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
+The aluminium amalgamation in the presence of water results in HgO and Hg.  It's noted in the first paragraph.