I have heard that one can throw mercury metal, sodium nitrate, and some HCl together, and the nitrate salt And HCl will react to form a poor man’s aqua regia, dissolving the mercury and forming, I believe, mercuric chloride.
Can this solution be thrown into some water and aluminum metal to form an amalgam? Will the acidity or anything else affect the aluminum? Will it affect calculations for how much aluminum one needs for new amalgam reduction of say P2P?
Can this solution be thrown into some water and aluminum metal to form an amalgam? Will the acidity or anything else affect the aluminum? Will it affect calculations for how much aluminum one needs for new amalgam reduction of say P2P?