Mercury from cinnabar

using a wet method to extract mercury metal from cinnabar- its raw material. we used a solution of sodium hydroxide and elemental sulfur adding the cinnabar when it had all dissolved and then adding aluminium metal to precipitate the mercury metal.
this and separated from the crud and was washed cleaning it up to shiny metal. the yield was nearly 38g of clean product.

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