Could precious metals be created in a particle accelrator?

[Dissipate]

Would it be possible to create gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals in a nuclear particle accelerator? With all those extra atomic "parts" flying around some of them are bound to create gold atoms and what not.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Absolutely.

The downside is they would cost billions of dollars an ounce to produce.

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Absolutely.

The downside is they would cost billions of dollars an ounce to produce.

Yes. For matters such as this, you should turn to the tried-and-true science of alchemy.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Absolutely.

The downside is they would cost billions of dollars an ounce to produce.

Yes. For matters such as this, you should turn to the tried-and-true science of alchemy.

or some guy on the lower east side to get you anything you needed.....

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Absolutely.

The downside is they would cost billions of dollars an ounce to produce.

Yes. For matters such as this, you should turn to the tried-and-true science of alchemy.

or some guy on the lower east side to get you anything you needed.....

From a white van...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

yes, it is possible with gold i know, but it takes VERY VERY LONG. I'm talking 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to turn a penny?s worth of mercury into gold. I got that from my research paper...

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
yes, it is possible with gold i know, but it takes VERY VERY LONG. I'm talking 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to turn a penny?s worth of mercury into gold. I got that from my research paper...

How much mercury can you buy for a penny, and who will sell it to you? I'd like some.

 

[luv2chill]

I remember when my high school chem teacher told us that... we were all pretty impressed with the possibilties--until he told us how much it would cost. That was the end of that!

l2c

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Absolutely.

The downside is they would cost billions of dollars an ounce to produce.

 

[silverpig]

Random trivia:

The top quark weighs as much as a gold nucleus.

 

[ReiAyanami]

Full Metal Alchemist

making gold is ill3gal

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Random trivia:

The top quark weighs as much as a gold nucleus.

That's pretty heavy.