Why use Mercury Clean-Up Kits?
Mercury Clean-Up Kits
That’s because this silver liquid metal easily breaks into small droplets and “scatters”. Using a mercury spill kit to absorb, neutralize and suppress mercury vapor is essential to minimize danger.
Small amounts of elemental mercury vapor can be found in ultraviolet lamps and fluorescent lamps. If you have mercury-containing items in your laboratory, you must have a mercury spill kit. Mercury spill kits are available from numerous vendors such as VWR, Grainger and NewPig.