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Re: German mercury for Japan
Posted by: Vidart ()
Date: November 14, 2008 03:17PM

Hi
Primary use of mercury was in explosives. For example was mercury used in percussion caps (primers) in cartridges. - See [en.wikipedia.org]

Cheers
Vidar

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