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Melting gold
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not really - google tells me it melts at 1065c - thats hot, open coal fire can't get mild steel much above Red which is about 850 / 900c
you would have to force air through the coals to get anywhere near 1100c
When I took early retirement from the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow, I bought a small electrically-heated crucible.
Your workshop will get very hot.
It is, just, possible to meet gold with a charcoal hearth and forced air.
You can work small amounts with a hydrogen/oxygen flame fed by the electrolysis of water.
Don't let the police find out.
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Why do you want to melt it? If you have hallmarked scrap gold, you will sell it easier than trying to sell a yellow coloured blob.
There’s somewhere in Bath that does it
'Cos it's nicked
I wonder if it's in the shape of a toilet?
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OP sounds suspicious.
It's for a work of fiction
As gold is malleable, why not just paste the bejezus out of it with a lump hammer and anvil?
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don't post what you are doing on the internet
You mean like this? What is being forced in? Is it just air? Why does it go down to 22k is it charcoal ash?
