@daily.network.new: When gold comes into contact with mercury, a process called amalgamation occurs in which the mercury gradually dissolves the gold instead of melting it. Mercury, being a liquid metal, penetrates the surface of the gold and mixes with its atoms to form a soft, silvery, paste-like substance known as a gold-mercury amalgam. As this happens, the gold loses its shine and structural strength, becoming dull and crumbly over time. This is not a violent reaction, but mercury is highly toxic, making the interaction dangerous if handled without proper precautions. #chemistry #goldmercuryamalgam #knowledge #gold #chemicalreaction
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Thursday 27 August 2026 17:08:21 GMT
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Johnny Wheat :
If you want to see something very interesting look up "Red Mercury"
2026-08-28 12:28:30
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LilNickky :
Red mercury is better
2026-08-28 21:36:15
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PartyPar💙🇺🇸 :
Fun fact, they use mercury for gold mining. It’s basically like a gold magnet. Mercury fuses with gold dust that’d be otherwise invisible to the naked eye or too difficult to separate from dirt. They mix mercury with dirt that is expected to have gold in it but the mercury doesn’t fuse with dirt. So you’re left with dirt and gold amalgam. The amalgam is distilled, which leaves behind pure gold and distilled mercury is collected to be reused on the other side.
2026-08-28 19:44:56
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Citrine Sitter :
making me crave a kitkat
2026-08-27 22:20:55
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This is Interesting :
is it still gold or is it what they call a white gold
2026-08-28 13:19:38
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memetellect :
Similar to what happens when you let toxic people in your life
2026-08-29 16:56:12
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Alice13 :
I am from the days of Mercury thermometers. I remember when breaking and playing with the little rolling ball of mercury on the bathroom floor 🤣🤷🏻♀️it was the 1970s
2026-08-28 23:50:41
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Corona33 :
omg so when gold is dipped in mercury. it gets coated in mercury??? 🤔
2026-08-28 00:37:59
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Sean Pitcher628 :
This is how goldmines used to extract gold from rocks and refine it. Once it DISOLVES the gold into an amalgamation and that is heavy. they use a cloth to remove the excee mercury and the heavy amalgam is heated vaporizing the mercury and leaving relatively pure gold in its place.
2026-08-28 01:25:11
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TMacThePlumber :
I have to take my dog to the vet tomorrow
2026-08-28 02:51:47
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Mark Cooper :
then just heat the gold up so that the mercury melts away and the gold is back
2026-08-27 18:27:39
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Ᏽ𐌉Ꝋᕓ𐌀𐌍𐌍𐌉 :
the gold is still there it either has to be refined through a heating process or through using nitric acid. the heating process evaporates the Mercury which is extremely dangerous because mercury in its vapor form is very detrimental to the nervous system. doing it with nitric acid the chemical process is another way but nitric acid itself is very very dangerous. either way the gold can easily be extracted back from the Mercury if using the proper cautions.
2026-08-29 05:41:46
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user3239502600137 :
Lesson for the day: be careful who you connect with...
2026-08-29 06:47:33
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Nardi the forgiven :
So mercury is a gold digger 😀
2026-08-28 17:39:38
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ГРЕШНИК :
Is the gold destroyed forever or you can bring it back somehow???
2026-08-28 03:29:53
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Bad Lawrence :
Amalgam.. 🤔
2026-08-27 21:28:12
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Apple User44266249 :
Igen, az arany és a higany találkozásakor egy fizikai-kémiai folyamat megy végbe: a higany pillanatok alatt feloldja az aranyat, és egy amalgámnak nevezett fémötvözetet képez.
2026-08-28 15:32:30
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J :
so don't store my gold and mercury together. got it
2026-08-28 23:13:07
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Tina🥰 :
Does it break down the chemical compositions of the gold? Can it be separated?
2026-08-28 01:06:56
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100 mile mike :
bs mercury is deadly poison to human.You touch that sht it will go through your skin and kill you
2026-08-30 03:29:11
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Alin Guzman :
Oro blanco 😁
2026-08-29 00:56:21
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Cristiano&Bia :
it turned into platinum, something more expensive like gold..very good,
2026-08-30 09:16:25
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Ragik Madaoui :
Il suffit de le chauffer, ils vont se separer
2026-08-29 07:01:37
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Can Can :
Quecksilber frisst den gold das doch nicht was neues
2026-08-29 12:55:36
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SK :
Is it all mercury then?
2026-08-28 17:33:06
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