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You apply that to the metalsurface, and then you heat it up, which boils away the...

You apply that to the metal
surface, and then you heat it up, which boils away the mercury
into the air to leave the gold
on the surface

Full Transcript

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You apply that to the metal surface, and then you heat it up,
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which boils away the mercury into the air
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to leave the gold on the surface.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:55
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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If the skulls recovered from the ancient lake bed
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[Kevin] So if these immigrants could prove
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So, we know that now, but they probably didn't know tha...
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But actual vinyl, the material isn't space-proof.
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