what if we put mercury in a large aluminium piece.
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Mercury readily combines with aluminium to form a mercury-aluminium amalgam when the two pure metals come into contact. Since the amalgam destroys the aluminium oxide layer which protects metallic aluminium from oxidizing, even small amounts of mercury can seriously corrode aluminium.
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Mercury readily combines with aluminium to form a mercury-aluminium amalgam when the two pure metals come into contact. Since the amalgam destroys the aluminium oxide layer which protects metallic aluminium from oxidizing, even small amounts of mercury can seriously corrode aluminium.
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