Name 1
TRIDESTILADOR DE MERCURIO
Name 2
TRIPLE DISTILLER OF MERCURY
ID number
001.63.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.300
Type of Object
Smelting
Description
Short description
"Triple distillation is a process to increase the purity of mercury. It consists of heating liquid mercury three times to turn it into a vapour state and then condensing it again.
Using this technique, a purity of 99.99% is obtained, which is necessary for its use in various industrial applications, such as dental amalgam or precision instruments.
This triple distiller was installed around 1980 to meet the demand of some industries that were consumers of mercury. However, the purity of Almadén's mercury is such that 99.9% is obtained in the first distillation, with no significant differences compared with the triple distillate."
Using this technique, a purity of 99.99% is obtained, which is necessary for its use in various industrial applications, such as dental amalgam or precision instruments.
This triple distiller was installed around 1980 to meet the demand of some industries that were consumers of mercury. However, the purity of Almadén's mercury is such that 99.9% is obtained in the first distillation, with no significant differences compared with the triple distillate."
Measures
Materials
Stainless steel
Dating
1980
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Achieving purity of mercury.
Present use
Museum and didactic use.
Original location
Mercury store (Cerco de Destilación)
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Águeda Moyano & Alicia Escudero
Date Submitted
26. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never