the question relates to my vw beetle which I had serviced recently, the synthetic gold appeared on the bill at a cost of £32! the product no. is zgb115qlb00421 if that is any help?
2006-10-07 06:03:57 · 9 answers · asked by BRITTA B 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
The artificial production of gold is the age-old dream of the alchemists. It is possible in particle accelerators or nuclear reactors. Since there is only one stable gold isotope, Au-197, nuclear reactions must create this isotope in order to produce usable gold.
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Gold synthesis from Mercury
Gold obtained by mining has copper and silver as impurities. Gold of higher purity can be made through the photoneutron process:
Mercury198 + 6.8Mev gamma ray > 1neutron + Mercury197 (half-life 2.7 days > Gold 197)
These energy levels allow a more efficient neutron source than the Spallation Neutron Source.
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Gold synthesis in an accelerator
Gold synthesis in a particle accelerator is possible in many ways. The Spallation Neutron Source has a liquid Mercury target that will be transmuted into Gold, Platinum and Iridium, which are lower in atomic number.
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Gold synthesis in a nuclear reactor
In a nuclear reactor gold can be manufactured by irradiation of platinum or mercury. Since platinum is more expensive than gold, platinum is economically unsuitable as a raw material. Only the mercury isotope Hg-196, which occurs with a frequency of 0.15% in natural mercury, can be converted to gold by neutron capture, and following K+- decay into Au-197 with slow neutrons. Other mercury isotopes are converted when irradiated with slow neutrons into one another or formed mercury isotopes, which beta decay into thallium. Using fast neutrons, the mercury isotope Hg-198, which is contained to 9.97% in natural mercury, can be converted by splitting off a neutron and becoming Hg-197, which then disintegrates to stable gold. This reaction, however, possesses a smaller activation cross-section and is feasible only with un-moderated reactors. It is also possible to eject several neutrons with very high energy into the other mercury isotopes in order to get the Hg-197. However such high-energy neutrons can be produced only by particle accelerators.
2006-10-09 01:52:25 · answer #1 · answered by danielpsw 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Its a fully synthetic oil that conforms to Audi and Volkswagen spec.It was obviously a main agent as you were over charged.Mick
2006-10-08 01:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by mick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Synthetic engine oil, and rather than being called premium or extra, or some other meaningless name, they called it Gold
2006-10-07 06:12:27 · answer #3 · answered by Martin14th 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite it may! experts: man made conducts warmth extra perfect so your engine runs cooler. man made would not thicken as a lot as ordinary oil in chilly climate so it prevents oil starvation. Cons: fee. man made will leak swifter once you've a leak (man made oil does no longer reason leaks). in my opinion man made would not be of a lot use till you fastened all leaks and positioned on an oil clear out adapter to delay the existence of the factitious oil. (the former Beetles don't have oil filters yet they arrive in).
2016-12-04 09:14:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's synthetic engine oil.
2006-10-07 09:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I's a synthetic motor oil.
2006-10-07 06:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by gdwrnch40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motor oil.
2006-10-07 06:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the engine oil.
2006-10-07 06:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its oil also known as black gold
2006-10-07 06:07:29 · answer #9 · answered by charley7515 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋