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arrow-up1507arrow-down1imagePhysics!lemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregbzm@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy is the mercury arc rectifier getting a “what the fuck”? I don’t know much about them, are they more magic than glowing rocks, runes, levitation and demon cores?
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agono, but they will also kill you (but not by magic)
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHow so? Can I touch it? Lick it?
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThese things are under high voltage, so no. And then there’s several kg of mercury inside
Why is the mercury arc rectifier getting a “what the fuck”? I don’t know much about them, are they more magic than glowing rocks, runes, levitation and demon cores?
no, but they will also kill you (but not by magic)
How so? Can I touch it? Lick it?
These things are under high voltage, so no. And then there’s several kg of mercury inside