Household thermometer broke out, how to deal with mercury
To turn off all of the indoor heating device, open the window ventilation, and then put on gloves, with a shovel to collect mercury buried, or sprinkle the sulfur powder in the above reaction, sulfur and mercury can generate insoluble in water HgS.If swallowed a large amount of mercury, you can take milk or egg white, so that the combination of protein and mercury to protect the gastric mucosa. If the wound hit mercury, it should be to the hospital for the prevention and treatment of poisoning to check, to prevent poisoning. It should be noted that mercury can be vaporized at room temperature into the gas, it is easy to be inhaled into the respiratory tract, causing poisoning, therefore, in dealing with scattered on the ground when the best to wear a mask mercury
Because of the small amount of mercury, it is possible to use potted soil or flour to remove the broken residue.
First open doors and windows to enhance ventilation, reduce mercury vapor poisoning may. Mercury is volatile. And sprinkle some sulfur powder on the broken mercury thermometer.
Mercury thermometer breaks the need for proper handling to eliminate security risks. Mercury vapor generation mercury vapor. Chemical reaction between sulfur and mercury. Eating can drink a lot of protein rich liquid (milk, Soybean Milk) preliminary detoxification, then near the hospital.
