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Uploaded by ChemModule5 on Apr 6, 2011
Watch a drop or mercury wrap itself up in some gold foil and dissolve it. Now you know why prospectors used mercury to purify gold.
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@almouloudi
Yes. In most cases gold in nature is found WITH mercury.
bobdull420 2 weeks ago
@almouloudi You would have to evaporate the mercury
xXx3Xavier3Xxx 2 weeks ago
Am I the only one who finds this guy's stare piercing?
GeorgePelt 1 month ago
Hi, can we get Gold back .
almouloudi 4 months ago
@dlmarti Heat it up, the mercury evaporates sooner and stuff man.
Arnkellj 5 months ago
how did they get the gold back out of the solution?
dlmarti 6 months ago
@fuugon gold period, foil pretty much means flattened
magixtwister 8 months ago
what happens if the gold has cooper silver???
fuugon 10 months ago
does it has to be pure gold so the mercury gets the gold, or does it has to be gold foil??????
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@almouloudi
Yes. In most cases gold in nature is found WITH mercury.
bobdull420 2 weeks ago
@almouloudi You would have to evaporate the mercury
xXx3Xavier3Xxx 2 weeks ago
Am I the only one who finds this guy's stare piercing?
GeorgePelt 1 month ago
Hi, can we get Gold back .
almouloudi 4 months ago
@dlmarti Heat it up, the mercury evaporates sooner and stuff man.
Arnkellj 5 months ago
how did they get the gold back out of the solution?
dlmarti 6 months ago
@fuugon gold period, foil pretty much means flattened
magixtwister 8 months ago
what happens if the gold has cooper silver???
fuugon 10 months ago
does it has to be pure gold so the mercury gets the gold, or does it has to be gold foil??????
fuugon 10 months ago