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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 7 2010, 10:46 PM (1,849 Views) | |
| CJ | Dec 7 2010, 10:46 PM Post #1 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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This topic is about gold; one of those elements that gets everyone excited. Of course, it's been used in jewellery and as a store of value throughout history, but it does have a variety of other modern uses. For example, the McLaren F1 used gold foil as a heat shield in its engine. Here's a gold ring, stamped with the chemical symbol, atomic number, and relative atomic mass of gold: ![]() Here's a gold nugget: ![]() Here's the McLaren F1's engine, with gold foil used as a heat shield. Approximately 25 grams of gold were used in each car: |
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| Michelle | Jan 24 2013, 08:57 PM Post #31 |
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Maybe there's more under the crust and it melts?
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| CJ | Apr 13 2013, 02:37 AM Post #32 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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I hope not. It'd be difficult to recover then .
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| CJ | May 18 2013, 06:19 PM Post #33 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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Looks like we could be mining the stuff from the sea bed soon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22546875 |
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| Pyrite | Jun 11 2013, 10:37 PM Post #34 |
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Just as Planned
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Kind of a shame that we'll be disrupting the seabed... Interestingly, it is possible to make metal-ligand complexes containing gold, although it is very unreactive. |
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| CJ | Jun 11 2013, 11:48 PM Post #35 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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I see what you mean, but then, I guess it's kind of a shame we're disrupting the ground with our conventional mining .
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