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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think you'll lose like 5 grams from the protons, more cause you might have to remove a couple of neutrons?

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's the fun part. If you take just one proton off, you'll often end up with some gold that just decays back into mercury in a few days. Sell it for a quick prank.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_gold

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

I'm a third generation proton plucker myself. Some day, my children's children's children may have a good laugh when they finish this bar.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can find Hg 198 for sale actually. So if you're a morally pure alchemist you can make the stable isotope of gold

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How much does isotopically pure ^(198)Hg cost though? I wouldn't be surprised if it was more expensive than gold...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like put em all together and get even more gold

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Anybody have advice for shoving a bunch of protons together? I keep trying but they always fly away from each other.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Put some sugar on a magnet, that always works

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Just a spoon full of strong force helps the proton stay down

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah just turn up the close nuclear forces a bit and they'll zoom right together

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You have to hold them close for a little bit, and let those positrons vent away.