This doesn't work because it will also make hydrogen gas that will take up the air in the area you are in causing you to suffocate. I lost a very close friend to this please don't spread misinformation online.
With the right equipment, you can capture the hydrogen and use it to power your hydrogen fuel cell car. So not only do you get free gold, you get free fuel for your car as well.
That's the fun part. If you take just one proton off, you'll often end up with some gold that just decays back into mercury in a few days. Sell it for a quick prank.
What a troll - everyone knows if you transform Hg202 into Au201, it will immediately decay back into Hg201 while releasing about 606MJ of energy in the process.
Fake. The resulting Au201 and Au199 will promptly turn back into mercury. But, if you instead pull of a few neutrons to make Hg197, it will decay in a few days to stable Au197, along with a free neutrino.
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Fleur__@lemmy.world · 139 pts · 2y
This doesn't work because it will also make hydrogen gas that will take up the air in the area you are in causing you to suffocate. I lost a very close friend to this please don't spread misinformation online.
chetradley@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 2y
That's why I just buy Gadolinium and slice each atom in half!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Huh? Wouldn't that just give you two radioactive isotopes of germanium? (^(154)Gd/2 = ^(77)Ge > ^(76)Ge)
someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
With the right equipment, you can capture the hydrogen and use it to power your hydrogen fuel cell car. So not only do you get free gold, you get free fuel for your car as well.
Player2@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 2y
You just have to go slowly and next to the window
robo@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
chetradley@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Any alchemist worth his salt is worth his gold.
Zehzin@lemmy.world · 80 pts · 2y
I think you'll lose like 5 grams from the protons, more cause you might have to remove a couple of neutrons?
roguetrick@kbin.social · 80 pts · 2y
That's the fun part. If you take just one proton off, you'll often end up with some gold that just decays back into mercury in a few days. Sell it for a quick prank.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_gold
BossDj@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 2y
I'm a third generation proton plucker myself. Some day, my children's children's children may have a good laugh when they finish this bar.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
you can find Hg 198 for sale actually. So if you're a morally pure alchemist you can make the stable isotope of gold
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
How much does isotopically pure ^(198)Hg cost though? I wouldn't be surprised if it was more expensive than gold...
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
More like put em all together and get even more gold
pennomi@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
ICastFist@programming.dev · 12 pts · 2y
Put some sugar on a magnet, that always works
TheYear2525@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Just a spoon full of strong force helps the proton stay down
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Yeah just turn up the close nuclear forces a bit and they'll zoom right together
marcos@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
You have to hold them close for a little bit, and let those positrons vent away.
doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
And all those alchemists were starting with lead. What idiots.
Krukenberg@feddit.ch · 21 pts · 2y
A rage comic? What year is this?
Rooty@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
It's a welcome break from deep fried and cropped porn memes.
DefyTheLegends@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Not only that, but also extreme troll physics vibes. Just lacking magnets and tge question how they work.
Nonononoki@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
How many atoms does 1kg of mercury have?
SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
30x10^23 atoms according to my calculations.
nyoooom@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
So basically if you handle 1M atoms per second, it would take 95B years to process 1kg...
It's really hard to grasp those scales
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
3.0022×10^24 atoms, to be precise.
MooseBoys@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
What a troll - everyone knows if you transform Hg202 into Au201, it will immediately decay back into Hg201 while releasing about 606MJ of energy in the process.
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
But, if you instead pull of a few neutrons to make Hg197, it will decay in a few days to stable Au197, along with a free neutrino.
rmuk@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y
He converted lead into gold and Euros into dollars.
darcy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
wait how has noone thought of this?
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 67 pts · 2y
Yeah I think there were some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.
Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social · 41 pts · 2y
What do you mean "no one". There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
Seems easy enough. Off to the nuclear reactor store to get started.
roguetrick@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Could always build yourself a fusor for a weak neutron source. Lots of guides for that on YouTube.
agent_flounder@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Aw man, all we have near us is IKEA.
genuineparts@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Just buy your Nuclear Reactor from IKEA: Stråhlå
octoperson@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
Step two is fiddly
Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe
Zehzin@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Yeah they didn't have tweezers back then
RandomStickman@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Don't be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.
They don't have plastic yet.
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.
darcy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more
pennomi@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.
eating3645@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain't cheap!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Zircon-encrusted
swab148@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?
Fleur__@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness
darcy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
just hold your breath ???
zepheriths@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Has that ever worked with mercury? I know I lt worked in a very small number of atoms (about 200) for lead and gold
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Dollar dollar bill y'all, get the money
brisvag@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y
I love that the face is actually mirrored. 10/10
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
Fake. The resulting Au201 and Au199 will promptly turn back into mercury. But, if you instead pull of a few neutrons to make Hg197, it will decay in a few days to stable Au197, along with a free neutrino.
suenoromis@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Cash rules everything around me CREAM! Get the money! Dollar dollar bill yooooo
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
Hold up how much do all the protons you removed weigh? You get less than 1kg of gold at the end