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Bacteria turns toxic chemicals in to gold

Started by Saru , Oct 05 2012 02:05 PM

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Posted 06 October 2012 - 12:07 AM

View Post27vet, on 05 October 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

The gold is part of the source compound. The bacteria is just splitting the molecule. We got a long way to go to transform one element into another.

Except for CERN like experiments, heard they did that a decades ago but it was more way more costly to be practical.

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Posted 06 October 2012 - 01:10 AM

This sounds like a bit of JP Morgan propaganda to me..

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Posted 06 October 2012 - 03:51 AM

Perhaps there is hope for the gold standard after all?

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Posted 07 October 2012 - 08:55 AM

Awesome.
Hopefully the value of gold drops, then I can paint everything with it.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 05:15 AM

View Post27vet, on 05 October 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

The gold is part of the source compound. The bacteria is just splitting the molecule. We got a long way to go to transform one element into another.
That is what I was going to say. The bacteria is acting as a catalysing agent. Anyone people that got through a US high school should know what a catalysing agent is, right? So, I'm not sure this is aimed at anyone other then as Entertainment or at the truly ignornant.

I wonder how much Gold Chloride there could be out there in the world? The article says it is not cost effective, except as art.
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 07:23 PM

View PostWhite Unicorn, on 06 October 2012 - 12:07 AM, said:

Except for CERN like experiments, heard they did that a decades ago but it was more way more costly to be practical.

View PostDieChecker, on 08 October 2012 - 05:15 AM, said:

That is what I was going to say. The bacteria is acting as a catalysing agent. Anyone people that got through a US high school should know what a catalysing agent is, right? So, I'm not sure this is aimed at anyone other then as Entertainment or at the truly ignornant.

I wonder how much Gold Chloride there could be out there in the world? The article says it is not cost effective, except as art.

Now that I think about it, we do transform some elements... U235 into Kr92 and Ba141... get my drift? And of course fusion...

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 02:44 PM

Sounds like a good way to eliminate the toxic waste; and get sum of the cost back.
No toxic waste + more gold.
Win + Win

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Posted 17 October 2012 - 07:03 AM

is that for real or just a joke?

If it is real, It would ruin the gold marked. That would be sad.

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Posted 17 October 2012 - 09:17 PM

I think it is real, just that it is not practical for making gold. The toxic chemical involved is less common then regular gold and is not available in large amounts.

It would be about as practical as trying to process sea water to get large amounts of gold.
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Posted 20 October 2012 - 03:05 AM

Are the two golds any different??  not even the slightest??.What about on the molecular level. I would think that older countries in poorer places in this world of ours might benefit from it if is true.

Are the two golds any different??  not even the slightest??.What about on the molecular level. I would think that older countries in poorer places in this world of ours might benefit from it if is true.

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 02:42 PM

Got a coupls of tons of gold chloride in your backyard? I wish I did, lol

I doubt that gold chloride is even a tiny fraction of the chemical pollutants we have to deal with.  This is a totally misleading headline.
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