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Turning lead into gold (lead iodide)

2021-08-16

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Ok, so today I'm going to try to turn some lead into gold. The first step is to get a few pieces of 

lead, and to add some dilute nitric acid. What I have to do next is get a beaker, and add some boiling water, and a small amount of potassium iodide. This all dissolves really quickly, and on top of 

this, I'll add a bit of vinegar, and that little lead solution from before. Now all I need to do 

is turn off the stirring, and basically just wait.

Ingredients:

1) 0.5g lead metal + 50:50 nitric acid:water

2) 500mL water, 1g potassium iodide, 5% vinegar

3) Profit?

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