Re: Amalgam in a vacuum

From: Clinton C Zimmerman (clintonz_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: 16 Nov 2004 01:23:59 -0800

Dr. Steve <drsteve@no-spam.com> wrote in message > >thermally
> >conduct heat away. At the same temperature why would the vapor
> >pressure
> >change, unless you are counting the change in temperature due to the
> >energy of the Hg atoms given off by the amalgam. Could the Hg vapor in
> >the vacuum be reaborbed by the amalgam?
> >
> >I don't know all the answers myself, but this type of discussion helps
> >to
> >show that Hg in the amalgam is not stable or locked in and has an
> >inherent tendency by itself to leave the amalgam.
>
> Sometimes you just have to laugh out loud.

If you admit that amalgam has a vapor pressure in a vacuum/vacumm
without the effect of abrasian and saliva then you have to admit it
has a real vapor pressure in air.

I put in a vacumm to remove the mental block you have that amalgam
by itself is inert.

Steel doesn't have a vapor pressure in air. What is the vapor
pressure in a vacuum? Do you get it?

By the way, what technique do you use to condense amalgam or do
you think that it "doesn't matter" because amalgam is "safe".

 

> ..
> Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
> Troy, Michigan, USA
>
> Writing on a tablet PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my poor handwriting.

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