Gold Nuggets Can Be Formed With Electricity, Scientists Claim
Gold Nuggets Can Be Formed With Electricity, Scientists Claim
Electric discharges underground cause gold atoms to accumulate, which eventually forms gold nuggets, the researchers suggest.
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Okay, for a second, I thought that somebody had figured out how to make gold in a lab, which would then obviously bring down the price dramatically, because it would no longer be a super precious metal.
We can make gold in a lab, it has been done. Let us just say there is a reason those who want $$$$ to build another super collider are not talking about making gold in them.
It's not gonna be like alchemy. Electroplating is already a thing.
But damn it man, I wanted to turn a chunk of coal into gold LOL.
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We've known how to turn lead into gold for ages, you just add a couple of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Long story short: Uses a fuckton of energy, not worth it.
Fun fact: When Ernest Rutherford and colleagues put together the first paper about their findings they avoided the word "transmutation" like the plague. It has been considered impossible since before alchemy became chemistry and even though he was publishing in physics chemists would probably still have had his head.
Dumb question but would using nuclear energy make it more feasible?
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewable so not really, no. Having a good combination of starting materials to minimise the amount of energy you need to fuse everything together, or even starting out with something heavier, would be the way to go.
For more details ask a nuclear physicist of which I'm not one. Honestly there doesn't seem to be much work on it.