Acceptable Materials - List B

Safe Handling of Mercury and Mercury Compounds


Other Mercury Containing Materials:

Carbon

Phosphor Powder

Silver Solutions:

Silver Carbonate in Water

Silver Nitrate in Nitric Acid

Silver Chloride in Water

Silver Oxide in Water

Silver Metal in Water

Silver Sulfate in Water

Silver Nitrate in Water

Gold Solutions:

Gold Chloride in Hydrochloric Acid

Gold Chloride in Water

Gold Metal in Water

Mercury Apparatus, Debris, Devices and Soils:

Amalgams (Silver, Sulfur, Zinc and Gold)- [No Biohazards]

Dental Amalgams- [No Biohazards/Certificate of Sterilization Required]

Esophageal Bougies- [In Bleach - No Biohazards]

Intestine Miller Abbott Tubes- [In Bleach - No Biohazards]

Mercury Batteries

Debris:

Paper

Plastic

PPE (aprons, gloves, tyveks)

Wood

Mercury Contaminated Glassware and Metalware:

Barometers

Regulators

Glass Switches

Relays

Ignitron Tubes

Thermometers

Manometers

Thermostats

 

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