I am interested in negative intensifing using mercuric chloride powder. Does this chemical eventually consume itself? If not, how does one safely dispose it.
I am interested in negative intensifing using mercuric chloride powder. Does this chemical eventually consume itself? If not, how does one safely dispose it.
Mercuric chloride seems rather toxic and quite environmentally unfriendly. I don't think it would "consume itself" and mercury in the environment seems to last forever. You definitely don't want to flush it down the sink.
There are less hazardous intensifiers: chromium and selenium to name a couple.
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m1469.htm
http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/mercury.html
http://minerals.usgs.gov/mercury/
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng0979.html
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