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Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by quchen on Monday June 23, 2025 @07:59AM (#44354864)
No, that measures volume, not gold content. Anything at least as dense as gold, maybe with with gaps in it to match the density, and a layer of gold around it is indistinguishable from pure gold this way.

A more reliable and still relatively cheap test is via conductivity.

Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by djtango on Monday June 23, 2025 @08:49AM (#44355268)
Yes IIRC cutting with Tungsten is quite good at circumventing these tests