Posted by Owen Roberts on December 02, 2006 at 15:14:01 from 195.92.67.74 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Captain Flint's travels - overcooked? posted by John Lambert on December 02, 2006 at 05:46:09:
"Ah-hah! How do you know gold dissolves in aqua regia? Have you ever tried it yourself? "
I saw this done as an experiment in post A level Chemistry at school. If you care to give me a decent nugget of gold, John, I will recreate the experiment on you behalf.
The difficult thing is not to dissolve the gold but to recover it afterwords.