Mercury has been used for thousands of years as a heavy liquid metal. However, due to its toxicity, many mercury uses are being phased out. Today, it is generally used as a catalyst in the chemical industry. Mercury is also used in some electrical switches and rectifiers.
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Its primary use was in the production of sodium hydroxide and chlorine by the electrolysis of brine. All of these facilities are being phased out. It was also widely used in batteries, fluorescent lights, felt manufacture, thermometers, and barometers. These uses have also been discontinued.
It easily forms alloys with metals such as mercury, gold, silver and tin. Its ease of fusing with gold has been useful in recovering gold from ores. Mercury alloys are used in dental fillings.
Mercury sulfide is a high-grade, bright red paint pigment, but very toxic. Therefore, it is used very carefully.
Mercury is present in every living thing and is common in the environment. All foods consumed contain some mercury. However, 0.3 grams of mercury is taken into the body over a lifetime. In higher doses, mercury is toxic.
Mercury is rarely found in nature unconjugated.
In the tests and analyzes carried out in our institution, which has a wide range of technological equipment, trained and experienced staff and applies the most modern methods, national and international standards and legal regulations in force are complied with. Among the numerous tests carried out in this context, there are also mercury (Hg) testing services within the framework of elemental analysis.
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