French scientists transform H20 into gold

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Haha…I love the misleading headline - cool technology though. 👍
 
rlg94086 said:
Haha…I love the misleading headline - cool technology though. 👍
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Scientists from France’s Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water.
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Fairfax reports that the new technology was first developed in 2007, and involves the use of tiny pellets of resin which adhere to precious metals such as gold, platinum, palladium and rhodium, enabling them to be separated from the water.
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The process can also be used to remove toxic metals such as lead, mercury, copper, cobalt and uranium.
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Dale_M said:
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Ater years in the Semiconductor industry, I know how exciting this process is. There are a lot of heavy metals that can be reclaimed from the waste water in industrial processes.
 
rlg94086 said:
Ater years in the Semiconductor industry, I know how exciting this process is. There are a lot of heavy metals that can be reclaimed from the waste water in industrial processes.
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I haven’t worked in any industrial field, but I have heard that heavy metals are often in waste water. If the precious metals can be recovered, or the pollutants reduced, that is a good thing. 🙂
 
Dale_M said:
I haven’t worked in any industrial field, but I have heard that heavy metals are often in waste water. If the precious metals can be recovered, or the pollutants reduced, that is a good thing. 🙂
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Well I’m glad they couldn’t turn H2O into Au. Anyone who knows the Midas myth, knows that it doesn’t turn out well. 😛

Now, water into wine, on special occasions of course, is a different story…
 
Dale_M said:
I haven’t worked in any industrial field, but I have heard that heavy metals are often in waste water. If the precious metals can be recovered, or the pollutants reduced, that is a good thing. 🙂
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Well, I am glad you accept that this is a legitimate story.

I was going to post the same article from Russia Today: “French ‘alchemists’ to cash in on turning water into gold” (rt.com/news/france-water-turn-gold-437/) but on second thought I thought the “Russia” part of Russia Today might scare people away. 🙂
 
HansTrappist said:
Misleading?

Hardly.
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Of course it’s misleading. Water with heavy metals in it is not “H2O.” Even a high school Chemistry student, or my elementary age kids, could tell you that. I’m sorry you haven’t learned the difference. 🤷
 
HansTrappist said:
Well, I am glad you accept that this is a legitimate story.

I was going to post the same article from Russia Today: “French ‘alchemists’ to cash in on turning water into gold” (rt.com/news/france-water-turn-gold-437/) but on second thought I thought the “Russia” part of Russia Today might scare people away. 🙂
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Actually, what would have put people off is the claim that this process involves water being turned into gold. That is the sort of sensationalistic headline which give news outlets a bad name, whether they are named Russia Today or USA Today.

The headlines of both articles are misleading.
 
rlg94086 said:
I did open a humorous article at foxnews.com warning about vampires this Halloween: foxnews.com/tech/2012/10/28/this-halloween-beware-vampire-electronics/?intcmp=features
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I just ran an unplugged my cell phone charger. :o

In the same vein, here is a public service advice from the Centers for Disease Control

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

Its nice to know the government is considering all possible threats!
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Dale_M said:
Actually, what would have put people off is the claim that this process involves water being turned into gold. That is the sort of sensationalistic headline which give news outlets a bad name, whether they are named Russia Today or USA Today.

The headlines of both articles are misleading.
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Hardly misleading since to the human eye that is exaclty what is happening.

Now, at the molecular level it is a different story.
 
rlg94086 said:
Of course it’s misleading. Water with heavy metals in it is not “H2O.” Even a high school Chemistry student, or my elementary age kids, could tell you that. I’m sorry you haven’t learned the difference. 🤷
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I think you are taking things a wee bit seriously, don’t you say?

Authors and editors of news articles routinely use headlines that embellish and stretch the truth to grab your attention. So, again, I say it is hardly misleading. It is a common practice, and recognized as such by the majority of the population.
 
I thought the comment at the end of the article was interesting…
 
HansTrappist said:
I think you are taking things a wee bit seriously, don’t you say?

Authors and editors of news articles routinely use headlines that embellish and stretch the truth to grab your attention. So, again, I say it is hardly misleading. It is a common practice, and recognized as such by the majority of the population.
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