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That wouldn’t work in Archimedes’ time because gold was the densest metal available then. It could be done now but most of the candidate elements cost more tha
by tzs 1y ago
That wouldn’t work in Archimedes’ time because gold was the densest metal available then.
It could be done now but most of the candidate elements cost more than gold. Uranium looks feasible if the gold veneer will block the radiation which otherwise might tip off the recipient.
- voxic11 1y agoTungsten has almost the same density as gold and costs way less. 19.283 g/cm3 vs 19.254 g/cm3 https://www.metal.com/en/markets/24 https://www.metal.com/en/markets/24