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Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:54:52 UTC No. 16137812
Can someone explain why you can't get gold from copper? There has to be at least one chemical reaction that makes this possible
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:56:48 UTC No. 16137815
No chemical reaction can change the number of protons in a nucleus. You need a nuclear reaction for that.
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:00:09 UTC No. 16137817
>public education be like
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:06:23 UTC No. 16137826
>>16137812
"we" can transmute shit to gold but costs a fuckton more than what you get in the end. but not via chemical reactions
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:10:55 UTC No. 16137835
>>16137812
> chemical reaction that makes this possible
What would be like nuking a mountain to modify (meaningfully) the Earth inner core.
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:12:01 UTC No. 16137838
goldfish + Cu -> Au + copperfish
Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:27:37 UTC No. 16137852
>>16137838
Goldberg + cu + be + 2 ice --> gold + icecube + iceberg
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:28:51 UTC No. 16138528
>>16137815
ok, I just looked it up and copper has 29 protons and gold 79. Can't you just figure out a chemical reaction where 3 copper atoms combine some of its protons to get an atom of 79 protons in the end?
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:53:07 UTC No. 16138561
>>16138528
no, because thats not how chemistry works by definition. it takes way more energy to fling and manipulate protons around than electrons.