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Darren New wrote:
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> Yes, mistakenly. They found aluminum in the brain tissue of alzheimer's
> patients. Then they realized the dyes they used to detect alzheimers had
> aluminum in them.
>
D'oh!
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Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> Oh, and I do have saffron in my spice rack. :D
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> I've never quite been able to convince myself to buy any. Someday I'm
> sure I'll spring for it, but given that I mostly live on ramen,
> crackers, and pb&j it just seems like a bit much right now.
On occasion I like to do fun things like make saffron rice...
But, yeah... if your diet consists of mostly ramen and pbj, ;)
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>> Yes, mistakenly. They found aluminum in the brain tissue of
>> alzheimer's patients. Then they realized the dyes they used to detect
>> alzheimers had aluminum in them.
>
> D'oh!
Is this like the thing where they discovered that the police
breathaliser machines were being kept in alcohol to keep them sterile?
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Invisible wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
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>> A Troy ounce is 480 grains. There are 7000 grains in a pound. This
>> makes a Troy ounce about 31.1 grams or so.
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> Right. So 31.1 grams of gold is... a pretty tiny volume, I would think.
Gold's density is around 19.2 g/cm^3, and so a troy ounce of gold is
about 1.6 cm^3, which is about the volume of four and a half American
pennies. Not a bad way to carry around a few hundred dollars in value.
Just don't lose it.
Regards,
John
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John VanSickle wrote:
> so a troy ounce of gold is
> about 1.6 cm^3, which is about the volume of four and a half American
> pennies.
That doesn't sound quite right. Here's an ounce of gold and an American
quarter. It's just over 3 cm in diameter and about 3mm thick.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Darren New wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
>> so a troy ounce of gold is about 1.6 cm^3, which is about the volume
>> of four and a half American pennies.
>
> That doesn't sound quite right. Here's an ounce of gold and an American
> quarter. It's just over 3 cm in diameter and about 3mm thick.
A quarter is not as voluminous as 4.5 American pennies.
In any event, a Troy ounce is about 31.104 grams, and gold is 19.3 grams
per cm^3 (I misremembered it as 19.2 when making my earlier
calculation), giving a volume of 1.611 cm^3 for a Troy ounce of gold.
A coin, 3cm in diameter by 3mm thick, will be about 2.1cm^3. What's the
alloy content of the coin?
Regards,
John
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John VanSickle wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> John VanSickle wrote:
>>> so a troy ounce of gold is about 1.6 cm^3, which is about the volume
>>> of four and a half American pennies.
>>
>> That doesn't sound quite right. Here's an ounce of gold and an
>> American quarter. It's just over 3 cm in diameter and about 3mm thick.
>
> A quarter is not as voluminous as 4.5 American pennies.
>
> In any event, a Troy ounce is about 31.104 grams, and gold is 19.3 grams
> per cm^3 (I misremembered it as 19.2 when making my earlier
> calculation), giving a volume of 1.611 cm^3 for a Troy ounce of gold.
>
> A coin, 3cm in diameter by 3mm thick, will be about 2.1cm^3. What's the
> alloy content of the coin?
http://www96.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+oz+t+Au
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Invisible wrote:
> http://www96.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+oz+t+Au
...so a 1.1 x 1.1 x 1.1 mm block of this stuff costs £664, eh? That's
pretty freakin' expensive, right there!
I'd hate to imagine how much a solid gold ring costs.
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On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:32:30 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> I'd hate to imagine how much a solid gold ring costs.
Would weigh a bit too, I think.
Jim
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John VanSickle wrote:
> A coin, 3cm in diameter by 3mm thick, will be about 2.1cm^3. What's the
> alloy content of the coin?
The one I posted a picture of? It's a bullion coin, so 24k or better.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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