[Jewelry making - Article 00069] - Re: [Orchid] Brittle gold

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>            There are two things in this world that will dissolve gold
>     - one is cyanide, and the other is chlorine," Four actually. One is
>     "aqua regia" (for more info see 

    And aqua regia is really just an extension of the "chlorine"
    concept. The gold is converted to gold chloride in solutions by the
    action of the acid... 

Peter


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