At the risk of taking things further OT, the Nobel Prize just reminded me of a hilarious skit on Saturday Night Live years ago.? Desmond Tutu, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, was on a talk show with Doug Flutie (Rich Hall) with his Heisman trophy.? Tutu fidgets with the Heisman and accidentally breaks the head off!? He quickly ties it back on with the ribbon lanyard on the medal, but it doesn't stay on.? Then he goes backstage and attempts to weld it back on, and ends up turning the statue into a blob of metal!? LOL!? ? ? ? Jim?
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From: Tom Lee <tomlee@...>
Date: 4/8/24 11:59 AM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Agilent 54622D with broken digital inputs - Fixable?
My vote for best aqua regia story is how de Hevesy hid two Nobel medals
from the Nazis by dissolving them (the medals, not the Nazis) in aqua
regia. After the war, the gold was recovered and the medals reconstituted.
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On 4/8/2024 11:35 AM, Jim Ford wrote:
> Aqua Regia, Latin for Royal Water, is a mixture of hydrochloric and
> nitric acids. ISTR that neither acid by itself works very well on
> precious metals like silver and gold. Something about nitric acid
> being a good oxidizer?? Been a few decades since I've heard the term
> Aqua Regia.? Please correct me if I'm wrong.? ? ? Jim
