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0 pointsben_w1y ago0 comments

You can indeed turn lead into gold; it will indeed be more expensive than it is worth; also the gold will be radioactive.

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Gold is sold by weight, so those extra neutrons are pure profit.

Unfortunately all the heavy isotopes of gold are unstable and will decay in a few months.

Shhh, don't tell that to my buyer!

That sounds like the buyer's problem though.

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Gold is sold by weight, so those extra neutrons are pure profit.

Unfortunately all the heavy isotopes of gold are unstable and will decay in a few months.

Shhh, don't tell that to my buyer!

That sounds like the buyer's problem though.

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