Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Making Gold

  The process of making gold is so interesting! A lot of gold can be found in mines. You can dig it up by exploding & blasting holes. Sometimes, gold is intertwined with silver and other metals in the mines. Then, you crush up the big pieces of rocks into small pieces. After that, a grinder in the factory grinds up all the small pieces of rocks into mud. The mud flows into large settling tanks which separates the liquids from the solids. To get gold into bars, a chemical mix of magenis dioxide, fluoride, Cilica flour, borax, and sodium nitrade are poured into a smelter. Then, wait for the smelter to be gold-free. After that, cast the gold into bar shapes. Gold can be pressed to make it extremely thin and you can make gold into anything! That's so cool! Finally, gold is cleaned from any residue. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=apD5cPVsDjc