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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 25527022" data-attributes="member: 562115">There are numerous posts originated from the Fakebook, being circulated here and elsewhere. In a previous instance I mentioned that these are all fake news.There is no isotope of Mercury by that name. There are only seven stable isotopes of Mercury. Hg-196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202 & 204. (The numeric refers to the mass number)Hg-202 is the most naturally abundant form.There are many other known isotopes of Mercury. The half life of these vary from nanoseconds, microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, to several years. The list is quite long and the longest half life is for Hg-194 which is 444 years!Not all radio valves contain mercury. Yes there were mercury arc rectifiers. These were used in some radios and also larger ones in various industrial applications, including broadcast transmitters. These were used even for 500kW broadcast equipment. The type 83 rectifier and other variants was common in radio sets.There was a reference to a Magic-Eye valve containing red mercury. Nope...wrong.  The magic-eye was a modified triode, used to indicate the effectiveness of the station being tuned properly, as a tuning indicator. The commonly used valve was EM80.The Indians are looking for this since recently because of the rumour that it's the cure for Covid. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P    :P" data-shortname=":P" />  In their ayurvedic medicine apparently there's a reference to a red sulphide of mercury. I am not so sure about this.The possible  root of the myth -In the 1950s the code word "Red Mercury" was used by the Russians in their nuclear program. They were enriching Lithium-6. Lithium-6 had two primary uses. Firstly, as a reactor target for Tritium production and secondly to obtain Lithium-6 deuteride as a thermonuclear weapon material. The production process involved the use of mercury, and the impurities in mercury contaminated the Lithium-6 and gave it a red color. Hence the name "Red Mercury", it was actually Lithium-6.The Russians had a large amount of this stuff and supposedly supplied it to China as well. The bomb conspiracy theories started because of the above.PS: If anyone can sell old radios for several lakhs, please go ahead.</blockquote>

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