You put zinc and sodium hydroxide in to a beaker over a really hot hot plate. Pick it up with tongs after 3 minutes. Rinse it of in water then hold it over a fire then rinse it of again in water and it should be gold.
It is simply a mixture of gold and silver.
Silver has 47 protons and gold has 79 protons.
The chemical symbols for gold, silver, and platinum are Au, Ag, and Pt, respectively.
A marking of "925" typically indicates sterling silver, which is 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals. Gold jewelry will typically be marked with "9K," "14K," "18K," or "24K" to indicate the purity of the gold.
No, Olympic medals are not made of pure gold, silver, or bronze. Gold medals are mostly made of silver with a thin layer of gold plating, while silver medals are typically made of sterling silver. Bronze medals are made of mostly copper with a small amount of tin and zinc.
No but it has silver
Yes, it turns it gold,but don't keep it there too long or it will turn silver. :):)
well if you put a penny in ginger ale it will turn silver
Alchemy is the only way to turn a penny into silver. But post-1982 cents are zinc coated with a thin layer of copper and it is possible to remove it chemically which gives a silvery appearance. However, such a penny is NOT silver, is NOT worth any more than 1 cent.
Silver does not turn into gold after cleaning. Silver and gold are two different metals with distinct properties and cannot transform into one another through cleaning or any other process.
When a penny is cooked in sodium, a reaction occurs that removes the copper coating from the penny. This leaves behind a layer of silver-colored elemental sodium on the surface of the penny, giving it a silver appearance.
The phrase means that something is very expensive. The origin comes from a gold penny that was minted in the 1200's that was worth 20 silver pennies. Because it was gold, it was a pretty penny, and if it cost a pretty penny, it was expensive indeed.
YES!
NO. Silver will tarnish and turn black, though. Silver will but Gold shouldn't wrong answer: Gold can turn dark grey/ black also (if you don't know / don't answer)
Can silver and gold give you a shoulder to cry on, a laugh to share? Can you confide in silver and gold and comfort them in your turn? Silver and gold cannot, absolutely cannot, give whatever a good friend can give.
In 1943 the US Mint briefly replaced the copper penny then in use with a steel penny, due to the wartime copper shortage.
The hot solution likely removed the copper oxide layer on the penny, revealing the silver-colored zinc underneath. Heating caused a chemical reaction that removed the tarnished layer on the penny, giving it a shiny appearance.