2006-12-11 03:59:19 · 7 answers · asked by CLARK H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
yes.
You would need to heat it until it is liquid and then place the liquid under pressure and spray it through an atomizing nozzle which will break the liquid gold into very tiny droplets of gold. Then this gold mist would be directed into very cold air or water and as long as the heat is removed quickly, the gold mist would solidify into gold powder.
Now whether this would be practical for a small amount is a different matter.
Powderized metals are used all the time in manufacturing where they compress the powder into a given shape and then sinter it at high temperatures to get the powger to fuse together.
2006-12-11 04:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by rm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, heating makes gold pure by removing it's impuruties. Too much heating will make it melt, and when it's cold again, it will turn into a lump or shape of it's container.
2006-12-11 04:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by Paw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Heating gold would simply melt it. Upon the temperature dropping again, the gold would simply form a solid mass again of the shape of the container.
2006-12-11 04:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by manuelkuhs 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heat makes metals and turning them into liquid but not into powder.
2006-12-11 04:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by sinan salameh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat will melt gold so try grinding it
2006-12-11 04:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by TBONE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it just melts
2006-12-11 04:09:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-12-11 05:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋