negative intensifiers

[Jerry Cunningham]

I am interested in negative intensifing using mercuric chloride powder. Does this chemical eventually consume itself? If not, how does one safely dispose it.

[Tom Westbrook]

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://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m1469.htm)
http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/mercury.html (http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/mercury.html)
http://minerals.usgs.gov/mercury/ (http://minerals.usgs.gov/mercury/)
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/ (http://www.epa.gov/mercury/)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng0979.html (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng0979.html)