Can the elements mercury and silver be destroyed
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Can the elements mercury and silver be destroyed

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Its an experiment not worth trying.-Through nuclear fusion they can be changed to different elements.But that is not a real viable method.But if you are thinking there would be a way of destroying mercury to get it out of the environment, then the answer is not really.Mercury can be sequestered,......
I'm not a fan of chemistry but out of pure curiosity I want to know if the elements mercury and silver can be destroyed permanently?

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By chemical means, certainly not.

By applying nuclear radiation you could permanently destroy any element (including mercury and silver) a few atoms at a time, but it would take a tremendous amount of energy and lots of equipment.
It's an experiment not worth trying.

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Through nuclear fusion they can be changed to different elements. But that is not a real viable method.

But if you are thinking there would be a way of destroying mercury to get it out of the environment, then the answer is not really. Mercury can be sequestered, not destroyed.

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Theoretically anything can be destroyed if it enters a black hole as it is immediately crushed out of existence.
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