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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 4237595, member: 301"]<b>One</b> ounce of <b>gold can</b> be <b>stretched</b> to a length of 50 miles; the resulting wire <b>would</b> be just five microns wide.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One ounce of <b>gold</b> may be <b>hammered thin</b> enough to cover more than 9 square meters (96.9 square feet) of a surface. The <b>gold</b> leaf may be only 0.18 microns (seven millionths of an inch) thick; a stack of 7,055 sheets would be no thicker than a dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using metric units, <b>one gram of gold could</b> be drawn to <b>a</b> length of 66 km. 2. <b>Gold</b> is also the most malleable of all metals, meaning it <b>can</b> be beaten into thinner sheets than any other metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>gold is wonderful..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 4237595, member: 301"][B]One[/B] ounce of [B]gold can[/B] be [B]stretched[/B] to a length of 50 miles; the resulting wire [B]would[/B] be just five microns wide. One ounce of [B]gold[/B] may be [B]hammered thin[/B] enough to cover more than 9 square meters (96.9 square feet) of a surface. The [B]gold[/B] leaf may be only 0.18 microns (seven millionths of an inch) thick; a stack of 7,055 sheets would be no thicker than a dime. Using metric units, [B]one gram of gold could[/B] be drawn to [B]a[/B] length of 66 km. 2. [B]Gold[/B] is also the most malleable of all metals, meaning it [B]can[/B] be beaten into thinner sheets than any other metal. gold is wonderful..[/QUOTE]
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