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How to remove iron from mercury?

Induja
in Inorganic Chemistry

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Mercury got contaminated with iron.Now had to remove iron to purify mercury.What way can this be done?

Contaminated by what exactly?

By iron-containing compound? Mercury boiling point is just 356.7 C, so you could try to distill. If you're asking, you're layman, so it's rather not option for you  You could contaminate entire area.

By metallic iron? You could try magnet.

Stainless steel is also iron. But usually it's not attracted by magnets.

If iron chunks are macroscopic, you could try strainer.

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