RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down19
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·5 days agoCounts as long as they found a buyer in that window
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·5 days agoAnd for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·5 days agoThe goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoBut consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoTo be fair, we could probably do a lot better if we purpose-built a machine to make gold. And Pb->Au isn’t even likely the most ideal path. That was only chosen to fulfill the ancient alchemy dreams.
So… Not really?
Counts as long as they found a buyer in that window
And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
The goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs
But consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
I know.
To be fair, we could probably do a lot better if we purpose-built a machine to make gold. And Pb->Au isn’t even likely the most ideal path. That was only chosen to fulfill the ancient alchemy dreams.