Broken thermometer - collecting mercury, neutralization with sulfur

A few days ago I killed a thermometer. I read a few such topics but did not understand everything.
1 I've read that a broken gallium thermometer behaves like mercury when broken.
2. I read about sodium trisulphate for neutralization, but I only have plain pure sulfur powder - will it work?
3. I collected most of the balls with a brush, luckily after a moment of using the vacuum cleaner, I thought it was a stupid idea, I was only vacuuming a minute.
I'm afraid of some small balls invisible to the naked eye and the fact that they fell between the tiles (crashed in the kitchen) and the wooden slat near the wall, because there is a gap. Of course, the room was heavily ventilated. Greetings!

Hello
Sulfur powder should be enough. You could sweat a little with this brush (break into smaller ones).
Pull some sulfur into the vacuum cleaner as well.
Greetings.

Sulfur helps ... to deceive that it has helped. Sulfur does not affect mercury by sprinkling.
Carefully collect any droplets with a pipette or syringe.
Do not use a vacuum cleaner. Pretty small droplets are stuck with adhesive tape.
The whole in a sealed jar, give away - where? To Sanepid? Because throw it in a container
for rubbish is not allowed. Ventilate the flat. Do not panic, mercury from one thermometer
can not harm us.

List of mercury poisoning symptoms:

General fatigue.
Constant drowsiness.
Headache.
Dizziness.
General weakness.
Appearance.
Unusual irritability.
Deterioration of concentration and memory.
Trembling of limbs.
Deterioration of receptor function. (?)
Increased sweating.
Frequent urination.
Lowering blood pressure
Thyroid changes.
Deterioration of heart rate.

A quiet evening.
HS

Panicking does not panic, thankfully not all mercury has spilled out of the thermometer. That's a good idea with this tape!

So how is it with sulfur after all? I don't know chemistry enough to verify this. If this does not help, I will not handle this sulfur unnecessarily so how are your colleagues?

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[quote = "maillo93"] Panic does not panic, fortunately not all mercury has spilled from the thermometer. That's a good idea with this tape!

So how is it with sulfur in the end? (...) / quote]

Description experience of mercury and sulfur reaction looks roughly like this: a drop of mercury is poured into a porcelain mortar, it is filled with a small amount of sulfur flower (dust). It is thoroughly rubbed for a long time until a uniform dark gray color is obtained.
The obtained compound is mercury sulfide. Did people associate that sulfur plus mercury reacts to H2S? It reacts, but not after just sprinkling, contrary to what almost everyone repeats.
You can play with this stubborn grinding with sulfur in a mortar, if you really care, because mercury sulfide is already harmless, but is it worth it?

Oh, that's how it looks. And sulfur has some effect on the absorption of possible mercury vapors? Is it like liquid mercury? In total, I have sulfur, and sprinkle in inaccessible gaps probably does not hurt

maillo93 wrote:

1 I've read that a broken gallium thermometer behaves like mercury when broken.

And when did you buy it?

henrykS wrote:

It reacts, but not after just sprinkling, contrary to what almost everyone repeats.

It's better to cover with aluminum dust or crushed tinol. Amalgams are formed without special grinding.

maillo93 wrote:

I'm afraid of some small balls invisible to the naked eye and the fact that they fell between the tiles (crashed in the kitchen) and the wooden slat near the wall, because there is a gap. Of course, the room was heavily ventilated. Greetings!

Radiator for a chill, wide window, close the door and wait for two hours.

maillo93 wrote:

and sprinkle in inaccessible gaps probably won't hurt

And then you will get rid of the month of stink.
There is nothing to panic. Spilled mercury is collected using a sheet of paper into the jar. Small balls with adhesive tape. The smallest balls evaporate after an hour.

I cannot determine the date of purchase because I brought it from my family home. Damn, I didn't think about aluminum either, and I have a little bit of powder. Although from experience it is probably easier to vent the sulfur stench than the muck of powdery aluminum
Thanks to all of you for the answers

Aluminum plus mercury:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vUbNv4LoOM

Mercury amalgam cannot be obtained by sprinkling with aluminum powder.