| Author | Message | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 90 Registered: 4-2008 |
A man found some gold and made it into a ring that he planned to propose marriage to his girlfriend with. So, after making the ring, he put it into the safe deposit box until he was ready. About a month later, he came back and found that the ring had changed into something else. explain. | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 71 Registered: 5-2008 |
Real gold? made it into a ring = melted it and reshaped it? His intentions to use it to propose to his girlfriend relevant to the how or why it changed? Did it stay in the safe deposit box he'd put it in for the entire duration of that month? Did anything happen to the box during that time? Duration it was left for relevant? (i.e.) could it have happened the same in the space of a second? minute? hour? day? week? year? Physically changed? changed shape? Changed as in was replaced with something else? | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 91 Registered: 4-2008 |
Real gold? yes-ish made it into a ring = melted it and reshaped it? yes His intentions to use it to propose to his girlfriend relevant to the how or why it changed? no Did it stay in the safe deposit box he'd put it in for the entire duration of that month? yes Did anything happen to the box during that time? no Duration it was left for relevant? (i.e.) could it have happened the same in the space of a second? no minute? no hour? no day? no week? probably not year? yes Physically changed? yes changed shape? no Changed as in was replaced with something else? yope or yesish | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 492 Registered: 8-2005 |
chemical reactions relevant? | ||
| Puzzleguy (Puzzleguy)
New member Username: Puzzleguy Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did someone else change the ring? or did he do it himself? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 72 Registered: 5-2008 |
Exploring the path of "Real gold? yes-ish", was it 100% gold? Other chemicals present? If so: relevant which chemicals? Changed colour? Structure? Hardness? Another physical property? Anything else present in the box relevant? Air particles? Could this have occured if he left the ring outside? In a sealed room? At home, in his bedroom? | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 92 Registered: 4-2008 |
chemical reactions relevant? no-ish Did someone else change the ring? or did he do it himself? neither of these Exploring the path of "Real gold? yes-ish", was it 100% gold? yes Other chemicals present? If so: relevant which chemicals? no Changed colour? probably Structure? probably Hardness? probably Another physical property? yes Anything else present in the box relevant? Air particles? no Could this have occured if he left the ring outside? In a sealed room? At home, in his bedroom? it could have occured anywhere if left for some amount of time. | ||
| Puzzleguy (Puzzleguy)
New member Username: Puzzleguy Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2008 |
did the boz stay in the same place during the whole time? | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 338 Registered: 12-2007 |
Radioactive decay relevant? | ||
| Puzzleguy (Puzzleguy)
New member Username: Puzzleguy Post Number: 7 Registered: 6-2008 |
Gold as in element Au? money? something worthy? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 82 Registered: 5-2008 |
Was the ring still hot when put into the box? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 170 Registered: 5-2003 |
Rust or some other sort of decay? Temperature relevant? Moisture? Are we pursuing an FA? | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 94 Registered: 4-2008 |
Radioactive decay relevant? yes Gold as in element Au? this one money? something worthy? Was the ring still hot when put into the box? irr Rust or some other sort of decay? see radioactive decay one and below. Temperature relevant? Moisture? Are we pursuing an FA? The radioactive decay one makes it so close that it's time for a *****SPOILER**** It was radioactive Au-198. This radioisotope of gold has a half-life of roughly 2 days, and as such had completely decayed into Mercury-198 by the time the man came back. | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 344 Registered: 12-2007 |
He would have died right away of the exposure, actually. I don't think you can even come close to a macroscopic amount (a few grams) of such a short-lived nuclide. Sorry for spoiling so early! |
