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[Article] Marathon Fusion says it can produce gold as fusion reactor byproduct (newatlas.com)
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The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in quantities that would make Auric Goldfinger blush.

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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Gold is not worth anything. Humans assigned a value. It's all made up.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's a better conductor than copper. Doesn't oxidize like copper. Could be very useful if I'm the far future it could replace copper.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It's actually a worse conductor than copper. It's just used for contacts because it's nearly as good of a conductor and it doesn't oxidize. If you want a better conductor than copper then you want silver which to my knowledge is the best conductor out of all the base elements.

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