Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011)

Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by jevinskie on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @07:31PM (#9502437)

I wonder what the yield was. How much mass was lost between the original medals and the recreated medals?

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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by madez on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @07:57PM (#9502526)

Dissolved gold doesn't evaporate. So, unless you spill the liquid, you should get virtually everything back.

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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by lvs on Thursday May 07, 2015 @02:00AM (#9503505)

None. Both the oxidation and reduction are quantitative.

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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by monochromatic on Thursday May 07, 2015 @09:58AM (#9505047)

Nothing gives 100% yield.

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