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The Children
Member Wed Dec 26 06:18:20
GLORY TO THE MOTHERLAND AND THE GLORIOUS CHINESE CIVILIZATION FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS 2 COME!!!

ANOTHER TRULY GLORIOUS FEAT THAT WILL GO DOWN HISTORY AS ONE OF HISTORYS GREATEST!!!

HISTORYBOOKS WILL WRITE ABOUT THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION THAT EVER LIVED ON PLANET EARTH.

http://www...se-scientists-turn-copper-gold

The Children
Member Wed Dec 26 06:21:22
MERRY FUCKIN XMAS 2 ALL

HAHAHA

Allahuakbar
Member Wed Dec 26 06:31:08
"The researchers placed the material in a reaction chamber and used it as a catalyst to turn coal to alcohol"

China must be destroyed!

Paramount
Member Wed Dec 26 08:32:14
”has transformed copper into a new material “almost identical” to gold”

Almost identical? What did they do? Paint it in gold?

Seb
Member Thu Dec 27 10:57:47
This isn't that new.

They've used a plasma treatment of copper to create what is called an activated surface and give copper some of the same catalytic properties as gold.

Elemental catalysts have a natural electron structure at the surface of the metal that interacts with certain chemicals in a way that provides a low energy pathway for a reaction to occur which would normally either require high temperatures or pressures or occur only at very low rates.

But you can also modify the structure of a substance to do the same. Enzymes work that way: a particular shape molecule forces certain electrons to have a particular set of energies to catalyse certain reactions.

Modifying the surface of some elements to create a nano scale structure, can do the same trick. The benefit being to replace high cost elements like platinum and palladium and gold with cheaper alternatives, or fine tune the catalyst to be more selective of one type of reaction over another (as enzymes are). It's still fairly hit and miss.

So it's cool, but innovative only in the sense this is a specific case of something that's been done lots over the past few decades.

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The Children Member	Wed Dec 26 06:18:20 GLORY TO THE MOTHERLAND AND THE GLORIOUS CHINESE CIVILIZATION FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS 2 COME!!! ANOTHER TRULY GLORIOUS FEAT THAT WILL GO DOWN HISTORY AS ONE OF HISTORYS GREATEST!!! HISTORYBOOKS WILL WRITE ABOUT THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION THAT EVER LIVED ON PLANET EARTH. http://www...se-scientists-turn-copper-gold
The Children Member	Wed Dec 26 06:21:22 MERRY FUCKIN XMAS 2 ALL HAHAHA
Allahuakbar Member	Wed Dec 26 06:31:08 "The researchers placed the material in a reaction chamber and used it as a catalyst to turn coal to alcohol" China must be destroyed!
Paramount Member	Wed Dec 26 08:32:14 ”has transformed copper into a new material “almost identical” to gold” Almost identical? What did they do? Paint it in gold?
Seb Member	Thu Dec 27 10:57:47 This isn't that new. They've used a plasma treatment of copper to create what is called an activated surface and give copper some of the same catalytic properties as gold. Elemental catalysts have a natural electron structure at the surface of the metal that interacts with certain chemicals in a way that provides a low energy pathway for a reaction to occur which would normally either require high temperatures or pressures or occur only at very low rates. But you can also modify the structure of a substance to do the same. Enzymes work that way: a particular shape molecule forces certain electrons to have a particular set of energies to catalyse certain reactions. Modifying the surface of some elements to create a nano scale structure, can do the same trick. The benefit being to replace high cost elements like platinum and palladium and gold with cheaper alternatives, or fine tune the catalyst to be more selective of one type of reaction over another (as enzymes are). It's still fairly hit and miss. So it's cool, but innovative only in the sense this is a specific case of something that's been done lots over the past few decades.
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