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Mercury-Aluminum Amalgams

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Start date Dec 21, 2000

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Dec 21, 2000

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How much mercury do I need to have in order to have a concern with the formation of a Mercury Aluminum Amalgam?

I have a display for a military application that has flourescent tubes for a backlight. If the tubes break, the mercury vapor is freed to be distributed around my aluminum chassis. Is this a problem? I have to document the answer to my customer, so online references would be nice.

The only references I have been able to find so far are

http://avstop.com/maint/corrosion/ch2.html

and

http://www.gaschem.com/mercur.html

Thanks!