Melting Gold at Room Temperature!?!
Just when you thought you knew it all about Gold...
As originally reported by Kitco Here.
Ludvig de Knoop from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden said he was “stunned by the discovery,” adding that during the experiment he was trying to see how gold atoms behave under the highest magnification level of an electron microscope.
What de Knoop stumbled upon was that the top layers of the gold fragment melted at room temperature.
“This is an extraordinary phenomenon, and it gives us new, foundational knowledge of gold,” de Knoop said.
Interesting. Could this be the reason that gold always keep on shining?
I think that has more to due with the fact it doesn't tarnish and its electron probability shell configuration groups a high number of electrons near its core similar to Silver. I know I studied this in P-Chem in college, but that was 25 years and many beers ago.
I have a 24Kt solid Gold wedding ring. It scratches easily but the scratches fade quickly. Like the sharp edges of the scratch just melt away back into the ring!
I guess I have seen this happen with my own eyes. That's cool.
Whaaa?! That's crazy!
What witchcraft is this... Burn the witch!!
Wicked science bro!!!