1 Forensic phonetics: the use of phonetics (the science of speech) for forensic (legal) purposes. 2  Speech recognition: the analysis and transcription of recorded speech by a computer system. 3  pronunciation: to learn actual pronunciation of words of various languages.
Mercury vapor is odorless, colorless and very toxic. Even though liquid mercury evaporates slowly, a significant amount of mercury vapor can build up indoors after mercury is spilled, and it can be dangerous to breathe these mercury vapors.
Hazards of Mercury in the Workplace. (There are 3 forms of mercury: elemental mercury, inorganic mercury, and organic mercury. Organic or methyl mercury is the most hazardous.) The mercury we usually encounter is elemental mercury also known as metallic mercury, liquid mercury, liquid silver, and quicksilver.