Conder101 Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 I think all heavy metals are poisonous. Why is silver such a good antisceptic? Because it's toxic to lower life forms. Of course in elemental form it's not dangerous (neither is palladium), and even the dangerous ones like cadmium and mercury aren't that dangerous. That's right they all are. And your right about elemental Mercury too, it really isn't anywhere near as dangerous as everyone likes to make it out to be. But when the metals start to react with other things (especially when they form chlorides and nitrates) they can become lethal. Silver Nitrate isn't exactly nice stuff, Mercuric Chloride well you really are getting to the dangerous stuff there a very violent poison indeed. You think Mercuric Chloride is bad, try mercury fulmanate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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