Description
If you broke a thermometer - first call the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and then conduct an analysis of air for mercury. EMERCOM specialists will collect mercury and dispose of it properly, and we will check if there are any traces of mercury left in the apartment.
But if for some reason you do not have the ability or desire to call the MOE, you need to know what to do.
WHAT TO DO IF THE HEADER BREAKED?
Isolate the room, remove from the room in which the thermometer was broken, people
Open window in isolated room
Prepare a tight-fitting container with water
If possible wear gloves and a respirator
Collect mercury balls using sheets of paper or a rubber pear in a container with water, and add fragments of a broken thermometer to the same place. You can also use tape to collect the smallest mercury balls.
Several times at intervals of two to three hours to process the places where mercury was poured, with a solution of ferric chloride, potassium permanganate, "bleach" or detergent with the addition of soda
A jar with collected mercury, remnants of a broken thermometer and all items that come into contact with mercury (rags, pears, paper) must be disposed of in a mercury waste management organization.
WHAT IS NOT IMPLEMENTED TO DO IF A HEADER?
It is important to know that in no case should you do if you broke a thermometer:
In no case should you collect mercury by hand and generally allow contact with skin mercury
You can not collect mercury with a vacuum cleaner
You can not throw a broken thermometer and collected mercury in the garbage disposal and containers with household waste
WHAT TO WASH THE FLOOR IF THE HEADER BREAKED?
Metallic mercury easily evaporates at air temperatures above zero, but its salt is not. Therefore, to prevent evaporation of the remaining metallic mercury, contaminated surfaces should be treated with chemicals that react with mercury to form salts.
Of the most affordable in the home suitable potassium permanganate and chlorine bleach, and one of the most effective means - a 20% solution of ferric chloride.
CONDUCT AIR ANALYSIS
After the mercury has been collected, and you have calmed down a bit, conduct an analysis of the air for mercury vapor content.
Specialists of our laboratory travel to conduct research with a special device - a mercury analyzer, which analyzes the air in real time for the content of mercury vapor and allows meter by meter to explore the room in which the thermometer was broken. If mercury remains in some place, the device will immediately give a signal.
In addition, the analysis of the premises for the maintenance of mercury vapor will provide an opportunity to find out whether you accidentally smashed mercury throughout the apartment.
Analysis of air for mercury will allow you to make sure that there are no unnoticed mercury balls in the apartment, and the concentration of mercury vapor in the air does not exceed (or slightly exceed) the established standards.
ANALYSIS OF AIR FOR MERCURY. PRICE, TERMS OF RESEARCH
Coordination of specialist’s departure dates: from 15 minutes.
The time of the study: 15-20 minutes.
Result of the service: information on actual concentrations of mercury vapor in the room is available in real time during the research process. If necessary, an analysis protocol is issued indicating the concentrations of mercury vapors at agreed points in the room.
Air analysis for mercury: cost of air analysis for mercury and additional services
