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How Mercury Could Melt an Airplane

a close-up of a metal piece

In addition to dynamite and tear gas, you shouldn’t bring mercury on board an aircraft. But what’s the worst that could happen? Oh, the plane could melt. But how could aluminum–seemly the perfect solution to something that would rust (iron)–be so vulnerable? It has to do with how alumninum invisibly …

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