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Originally Posted by Discseven
Am not implying mercury works to foil radar or doesn't. Was questioning if there was any metallurgical basis for it working. To put it nonscientifically, could be mercury has some property that is "interesting" to radar---even in a small amount---and at same time disruptive to the calculations radar makes.
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Mercury *should* be reflective to radar but so is the car. A typical radar gun will target the largest mass so if 3 cars are traveling together, the largest mass will get pinged unless the operator manually targets a different one. 1 lb of Mercury in a 3000lb vehicle will have no effect.