Timeline for Why does mercury decolourise a gold ring?
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| Jan 3, 2021 at 1:18 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 26, 2017 at 11:32 | comment | added | Chitra Lekha | Because the ring is starting to get back its original color after three full days. Actually no attempt was made to remove the layer like heating or dipping in acid. But when I saw the ring after 3 days(the ring is not mine) the layer was gone mostly.And I beleive if I leave it for some more days it will naturally get back its own color and lustre(doubtful about lustre) | |
| Jun 26, 2017 at 11:23 | comment | added | Chitra Lekha | Thanks all for your active responses, actually the contact of the ring with mercury was very less. And it was just the top layer coated by amalgam . | |
| Jun 26, 2017 at 11:21 | vote | accept | Chitra Lekha | ||
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| Jun 25, 2017 at 19:42 | comment | added | matt_black | Nope, mercury doesn't just coat the surface, it forms an amalgam and that process isn't easy to reverse. | |
| Jun 25, 2017 at 17:56 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 25, 2017 at 17:55 | history | answered | bangstrom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |