Purple Gold

[bluffer]

Yes apparently this is a thing.

The you tuber is someone reliable and isnt a click baiter at all.  if you are a science nerd at all, you will enjoy his previous videos as well.

 

 

[Mcgrimes]

I watched this last night - enjoyed it! A lot of hassle indeed

[Anteater]

I saw that too - pretty interesting stuff. My guess is that no-one is going to productionise the process and make bullion products from it, though - too much work for the likely size of the market. Also I wonder how reactive it is given that aluminium is more reactive than the silver or copper more commonly alloyed with gold.

[Upsidedown]

Don't give RM any ideas.. modern sovs look bad enough as it is

[Guest]

I think I've heard of gold in all colours if it's below 18k. However, some metals or minerals lose colour over time while others give people cancer. Best not to have any tbh...

[fiveshotdon]

good for moving money around if you want it to go undetected

[stefffana]

5 hours ago, fiveshotdon said:

good for moving money around if you want it to go undetected

Very true...

 

8 hours ago, bluffer said:

Yes apparently this is a thing.

The you tuber is someone reliable and isnt a click baiter at all.  if you are a science nerd at all, you will enjoy his previous videos as well.

 

 

Thank you for sharing! 😘

[dicker]

Long video and a bit hot and miss.  
 

Sreetips is more to my liking

[stefffana]

7 hours ago, Upsidedown said:

Don't give RM any ideas.. modern sovs look bad enough as it is

They won't do this. I have seen this alloy is brittle, so it is not suitable for coins.😊

[stefffana]

32 minutes ago, dicker said:

Long video and a bit hot and miss.  
 

Sreetips is more to my liking

Yes. But at the end of this video this young man convinced me to subscribe.

Can you guess why?...😂😂😂😂

 

 

 

[Muncle]

Great video loved his persistence.

Maybe the RM can employ his talents with precious metal working to get rid of milk spots.😁

[SidS]

Ah Nile Red, I've watched a few of his chemistry videos, very entertaining.

[8ace]

Having spent time in the electronics industry (microchip packaging), this is the last thing you want to see between Gold/Aluminium interconnects. It is known as Purple Plague. 

Great video though. 

[Mobius]

9 hours ago, stefffana said:

Can you guess why?...😂😂😂😂

Yes I can. Pity it's not silver 😁

Edited December 24, 2023 by Mobius

[Silverlocks]

On 24/12/2023 at 07:40, dicker said:

Long video and a bit hot and miss.  
 

Sreetips is more to my liking

Sreetips is quite entertaining, but he clearly doesn't have a strong background in chemistry, although his fan base are often quite helpful in this regard.  NileRed is good because he's actually a chemist.

[MetalMandible]

Entertaining... but Yellow gold shall always be #1.

[gji25]

1 hour ago, MetalMandible said:

Entertaining... but Yellow gold shall always be #1.

Exactly that. it would,nt be Gold if it was purple in colour

[pmbug]

I don't normally spend more than a minute or so watching a video.  I did watch the entire purple gold video though.  Good stiff.

[Anteater]

56 minutes ago, pmbug said:

Good stiff.

Hey, whatever does it for you.