How to Make Mercury Metal from Cinnabar Ore in Element Series - Episode 7

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Mercury can be produced under two main methods. These are either thermally or via a wet-chem process. The ore is roasted in the air in the thermal process, converting mercury sulfide into sulfur dioxide and mercury metal. This process also produces toxic mercury vapor. Another thermal method is to reduce the mercury sulfide with another material this can be material such as iron, lime, zinc, etc. In both, the sulfur reacts with other material to produce that material sulfide and liberate the mercury metal. For the wet-chem process, the sulfide ore is dissolved and then reduced out of the solution. I will combine the wet-chem process and the old standard thermal style in today’s video.


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