Precious Metals Humor

leo25

leo25

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The past few years have been painful and frustrating for the metal community. So i thought ill kick off a thread to bring some laughter to the area. Please ad anything that is relevant to this area and has made you laugh :)
Here are a few that made me laugh!

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While the above are obviously jokes, I must point out that removing a proton from every atom of 1 kg mercury, would reduce the mass of it (protons have mass!) So you wouldn't end up with exactly 1 kg of gold, even if it were possible.

Also, assuming you were starting from Mercury-202 (the most abundant isotope), removing a proton (and only a proton) would leave you with Gold-201, which is a radioactive isotope with a half life of only 26 minutes.

Ok, pedant mode off :P
 
Cimexus said:
While the above are obviously jokes, I must point out that removing a proton from every atom of 1 kg mercury, would reduce the mass of it (protons have mass!) So you wouldn't end up with exactly 1 kg of gold, even if it were possible.
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LOL :D everyone keep this in mind when you try it at home. Otherwise you will make someone very angry when they realise they didn't get exactly 1kg of gold as stated.

Cimexus said:
Also, assuming you were starting from Mercury-202 (the most abundant isotope), removing a proton (and only a proton) would leave you with Gold-201, which is a radioactive isotope with a half life of only 26 minutes
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Not an issue, while you're at it just remove 2 Neutrons from each atom too. This will give you a window of about 3 days to quickly sell it :D Otherwise if you got a bit more time up your sleeves, remove 2 more to make it stable.
 
Cimexus said:
While the above are obviously jokes, I must point out that removing a proton from every atom of 1 kg mercury, would reduce the mass of it (protons have mass!) So you wouldn't end up with exactly 1 kg of gold, even if it were possible.

Also, assuming you were starting from Mercury-202 (the most abundant isotope), removing a proton (and only a proton) would leave you with Gold-201, which is a radioactive isotope with a half life of only 26 minutes.

Ok, pedant mode off :P
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I love tthe vast range of knowledge on this forum.
 
willrocks said:
Where is a good place to purchase plastic tweezers?
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I'm currently sourcing some now. Send me $100 (or $110 for registered post with tracking) and ill post one to you when they come in. Now they might look like the ones at the $2 shop but trust me they are not.
 
leo25 said:
LOL :D everyone keep this in mind when you try it at home. Otherwise you will make someone very angry when they realise they didn't get exactly 1kg of gold as stated.
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I'm shocked that it didn't come with the regular warning "Don't try this at home."
 
goanna said:
leo25 said:
LOL :D everyone keep this in mind when you try it at home. Otherwise you will make someone very angry when they realise they didn't get exactly 1kg of gold as stated.
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I'm shocked that it didn't come with the regular warning "Don't try this at home."
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We're in the money making business here. not the safety office.
 
Cimexus said:
While the above are obviously jokes, I must point out that removing a proton from every atom of 1 kg mercury, would reduce the mass of it (protons have mass!) So you wouldn't end up with exactly 1 kg of gold, even if it were possible.

Also, assuming you were starting from Mercury-202 (the most abundant isotope), removing a proton (and only a proton) would leave you with Gold-201, which is a radioactive isotope with a half life of only 26 minutes.

Ok, pedant mode off :P
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This is what I was thinking the entire time reading it.... yes I am also a nerd
Although I was not aware of the half life of radioactive gold
 
An old fifty cent piece walked into a bar, and the bartender looked up and said "Hey I haven't seen you round since 1966"...
 
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