What is wax covered mercury in a hollow point bullet supposed to do?
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The theory is that the mercury in the hollow point will all slosh to the back of the hollow when the bullet is fired.\n\nWhen the bullet impacts the target, the mercury will then slam forward and blast out of the bullet, essentially created a second impact, but after the target has been penetrated, so it will spread and do more damage.\n\nI have no idea what the wax is supposed to do, other than possibly making sure your bullet doesn't leak before you fire it.\n\nIn actuality, the hollow and the mercury would make the bullet lighter than the same area filled with lead would.  Thus the bullet will strike with less overall energy than a standard bullet would.  The hollow would also cause the bullet to deform and shred sooner upon impact.  This could cause a larger wound, but would also make actual penetration less likely as the impact is spread over the surface.\n\nIf you are looking to cause more damage after impact, a round like a Black Talon that shatters into multiple razor sharp pieces after impact would probably work 'better'.  Neither round would be suitable for game hunting, as the meat would be ruined.
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Basically the reason they do it...is:   When Mercury is injected into your body, you, for the rest of your adult life.....sort of act as a THERMOMETER.   With uncanny accuracy you can now tell the ambient temperatue in any environment within approximately 4 degrees, Farenheight or Celcius.\n\nIt's incredible.\n\n\nI've gotta go.....I feel a "Chill" coming on.
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The simple answer:\nMercury is absorbed into the tissue of the organism where where it cannot be purged quickly and therefore it accumulates. \n\nA more complicated answer:\nAbsorbed mercury, causes the solution of mercury compounds in sodium chloride facilitating their transformation into complex compounds, shloroalbuminates. The latter are large complex molecules, in which mercury preserves its ionized state and carries a positive electrical charge.
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A nitric acid solution should break mercury down to it's ions.
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Mercury\nIts liquid at room temperature so it has to be.
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Here you are\n\nhttp://sci-toys.com/ingredients/wax.html
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Essentially, blanks are the regular cartridge, but instead of the shell (the pointy bit, otherwise known as the bullet), there is a round circle of cardboard.  The gun still fires as usual, but is much lighter (how arnold can shoot a big gun with one hand).  In theory, the cardboard should be burned and harmless, but for the first second or so, it's still dangerous.  So, it's a yes and no.  If you're wearing proper protective gear and are more than a foot from the person who's firing at you, you should be fine.  \n\nAn aside: A bullet has three main parts, the shell (the one that kills people) the cartridge (what holds the gunpowder) and a starter (what the hammer hits and what ignites the gunpowder).  For hollywood, if they show somebody loading bullets into a gun, they use bullets with deactivated starters, no gunpowder and regular shells.  Then, for firing, they use blanks.\n\nI would say that you should express your concern to whoever is running the wargames and see what they say.  they could be using a special setup, i don't know.  \n\nI know that was complicated, but best of luck!\n\n-Belril
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hornady xtp hollow points aka flying ashtrays
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Old fasioned guns, flintlocks etc did not fire a bullet with abuilt in gunpowder). You had to load the lead slug and then pour in some gunpowder. This was then detonated by a spark from a flint that snapped forward and sparked when the trigger was pulled. The powder was kept in a horn shaped container (you could pour it out of the pointy end into the hole in the gunstock) that was called the powder magazine.
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Depending upon whether it is metallic mercury or a mercury compound, different rules apply.\nYou can get some ideas at the site below:
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The mercury in the fillings that are placed in teeth are not dangerous to you.  This was just something to get the public all worked up.  The dental team, however, does have to be careful in handling the material while mixing it prior to placing the filling in the tooth and excess mercury does have to be disposed of properly and in accordance with state regulations.  In today's time, most dentists buy the filling material in little plastic capsules that is triturated (shaken up) in a special machine called an amalgamtor to mix it..... it is usually not mixed 'by hand' any longer.
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Who told you that Mercury is bad conductor of heat and electricity?\n\nWe use mercury in thermometers because it is good conductor of heat and expands well.\n\nWe use mercury in large transformer switches because it is good conductor of electricity and reduces the chance of sparks.
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Mecury doesn't "lack one electron".  What you would need to do is remove one proton from mercury to make it into gold, in some kind of nuclear reaction.  Now, while not impossible in theory, I don't know of any nuclear pathway to do it, and it would no doubt be prohibitively expensive to do if there were.
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Yes, it will. If it is a modern firearm that uses a cartridge.\n\nThe reason it will is that the black powder used in older firearms is composed of carbon (from charcoal), sulfer, and potassium nitrate (KNO3). The explosion of black powder is a chemical reaction that does not require atmospheric oxygen to procede. Potassium nitrate is the oxidizer in this reaction and can therefore take place in the vacuum of space.  Though I'm not certain about the chemical equation, I'm sure modern smokeless powders would be self oxidizers as well.\n\nEven the primers for the cartridges are made from a chemical that is sensitive to shock such as potassium perchlorate and does not require the input of oxygen to detonate. \n\nAs for the bullets flight. It does not require air to fly. In fact without air resistance, it will have better bullistic perfomance than on earth. It will maintain its muzzel velocity until something stops it. Such as an atmosphere, an asteroid, or an interstellar terrorist :>) . It would however still be affected by whatever gravitational field you happen to be in and would have a curved flight path though not the same as here on earth.
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17 HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire) ammo has a 17 gr. hollow point (filled with polycarbonate) boat tail bullet with a 0.172" diameter and delivers a muzzle velocity of about 2550 fps (depending on the barrel length). There is 5.4 gr of what looks like Lil' Gun powder. The muzzle energy is 245 ft-lb and with a 1-10" twist, the bullet is spinning at 183,500 rpm. A typical 22 Long Rifle cartridge has a bullet weight of 40 gr. or more than twice the mass of the 17 HMR.
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Bad powder load.\n\nUsually not enough powder -- the projectile could get stuck in the barrel causing excessive pressure and the barrel to burst or bulge. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAR IT BY FIRING AGAIN!!!\n\nMay also mean too much also called a "hot" load - too much could cause too much pressure in the barrel and cause it to burst or bulge.\n\nBe Safe!
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It depends on the range.Bullets are made several different ways.Some sharp pointed,some hallow point,some are rounded and flattened.The pointed ones have a longer range while the flat ones have a shorter range.The flat tip or hallow points make impact with an object and explode.The ponted tip will knock something down at a long range but does not do as much damage.Most hunting riffles use a point in between so that you still have a little range and power but you do not want to destroy the meat.Most military guns are pointed for the range and but is enough to knock down the enemy.