| 1. | Mercury sulphide reacts with oxygen to form mercury vapour and sulphur dioxide.
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| 2. | :: Another common treatment was sitting in a fog of mercury vapours.
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| 3. | Fluorescent lighting relies on mercury vapour for its operation.
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| 4. | See, for example, mercury vapour turbine.
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| 5. | The bladders containing the mercury soon ruptured and the crew were poisoned by mercury vapour.
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| 6. | Fluorescent lamps consist of a glass tube that contains mercury vapour or argon under low pressure.
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| 7. | One of these lamps is a neon tube and the other a tube containing mercury vapour and helium.
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| 8. | In 1985 this changed; although the fittings were retained, they were converted from gas to mercury vapour usage.
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| 9. | Metallurgical developments have allowed steam-only plants to increase in efficiency over time, making the mercury vapour turbine obsolete.
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| 10. | Mercury is effective in extracting very small gold particles, but the process is hazardous due to the toxicity of mercury vapour.
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