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18.03.2012 17:13 |
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Сообщение от Pecheneg
(Сообщение 1198611)
What kind of stained you say, if if the coins are made of metal 999/1000 tests, which means that are made of almost pure metal, and no inclusions which should not be.
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Rust in the form of dark spots on gold coins.
University of Hannover has studied this phenomenon.
It has been proven without any reasonable doubt that the reason for this change of color. This is very unusual, as some coins of pure gold (999.9 fine gold), and therefore can not be oxidized. With the microscope, the incident light was quickly determined that the point of red-brown color is not allocated to the rise of the coin, and form a layer with the rest of the coin.
For this reason, the affected area was examined with SEM (scanning electron microscope) and determined the chemical composition by EDX [energy x-ray analysis]. The result is an amazing coin of pure gold:
Under the discolored areas (reddish brown spots) is almost pure silver Ag (84%), Cu (10%), Au (5%)
So it's not gold, which reacts chemically, and silver, which begins as silver sulfide respond.
Thus, all the coins will sooner or later pokryvatsya spots that have the inclusions of silver.
The result: perfectly clear that the red spots may also occur for the chemical reactions of gold with 999.9%0.1%parts of other materials in gold, which is part of the gold coins (up to 3 mg /oz), and not only on the coin.
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