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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by noonespecial on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @07:23PM (#9502408)
Whoa. That's heavy.

The beaker, I mean. That must have been a very heavy beaker of solution!

Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by raldi on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @08:33PM (#9502676)
"The average Nobel Prize medal is 175g"

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/watson-...

(That's about $7000 worth.)

Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by kijin on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @09:37PM (#9502862)
So, about the weight of a phablet like Galaxy Note 4.

That's heavy, but not too heavy to be noticeable in a large flask containing an unknown liquid of unknown density. And since the flask survived, the Nazis probably knew not to mess with flasks of unknown chemicals.