[COFF] Typical Fate of Older Hardware

[segaloco via COFF]

> iron nitrate being formed and the reaction goes apoplectic.

Copper...not iron...thought I proofread better than that.  Iron certainly will not spontaneously evolve from copper metal and nitric acid.  In any case, I had never considered mercury solubility Paul, that's quite an interesting way to go about it.  I wonder if gallium would do something similar...

- Matt G.