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Turning mercury into gold? Nuclear reactors may revive ancient dream of alchemy
Interesting Engineering ^
| July 24, 2025
| Abhishek Bhardwaj
Posted on 07/24/2025 11:28:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: takebackaustin
Then they wouldn’t be green!............
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posted on
07/24/2025 11:56:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mass55th
IMHO the Alchemy version of “Telegraph Road” is the greatest song ever on a live album.
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posted on
07/24/2025 11:59:32 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
“First, Get a Nuclear Fusion Reactor.................”
Hmm, Reading through it this seems it seems like a viable DIY application for a tabletop IEC fusor.
Admittedly at 10^13 neutrons/sec it might take a few months to make a noticeable amount of admittedly annoying gold-mercury amalgam, but hey, it’s doable in a garage.
Actually IEC fusors can be scaled in interesting ways that might improve the yield.
So if the fusion reactor produces enough gold to pay for itself, is that break-even?
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:00:55 PM PDT
by
no-s
(Caja del Orador, Caja de Papeletas, Caja del Jurado, Caja de Cartuchos ... ya sabes cómo va...)
To: Red Badger
And you can get mercury from burning coal.
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:02:44 PM PDT
by
Cold Heart
(BP S GW)
To: takebackaustin
Good question!
It was tried but it creates a radioactive version of Au.
Pretty much worthless.
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:05:58 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: Cold Heart
And eating tuna.............
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:08:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Problem.
If gold floods the market, guess what happens to the price of gold?
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:14:18 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
To: Red Badger
Maybe they could use Dilithium Crystals to power the matter/antimatter reactor to do this.
To: 1FreeAmerican
No neutrons to use....................
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:20:16 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Da Coyote
The file with the Flux Capacitor?
To: Lazamataz
Gold would become as common as aluminum. It has many uses that it can be used for but cannot because the cost is prohibitive. We would see it everywhere..................
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:25:52 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: no-s
I predict an actual Mr. Fusion device would be in everybody’s home..............
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:26:53 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
>> First, Get a Nuclear Fusion Reactor...
Harbor Freight has them. Not the best quality but ok for occasional use.
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:28:30 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
To: Red Badger
First one needs a bit of Philosophers Stone
To: Nervous Tick
That may actually happen!................
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:31:59 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: af_vet_1981
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:32:15 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:41:20 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
To: Red Badger
No Twilight Zone references. Disappointing
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:42:26 PM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Don't worry....be happy)
To: Red Badger
How to turn Mercury into Gold:
First, Get a Nuclear Fusion Reactor.................
~~~
So maybe the ‘philosphers stone’ was heavily radioactive
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:44:33 PM PDT
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: Red Badger
How about seeing the produced energy for the USEFUL ‘gold’ that it is….
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posted on
07/24/2025 12:45:49 PM PDT
by
larrytown
(A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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