RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down110
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·4 months agoCounts as long as they found a buyer in that window
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·4 months agoAnd for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·4 months 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 months agoBut consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months 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.