Syndyne
Shaun Galman
Hi all,
If you've ever wondered just how gold gets it's weight/mass this great little article by John Walker (2006) might just help explain it. There's also a small bit of info about the yellowish glow of gold and how it comes about. Gotta love physics.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/golden_glow/
The little poem at the end is so great:
What keeps that golden twinkle bright?
Mass increase near speed of light!
Cheers,
Shauno
EDIT- MODS: I was going to copy/paste the article in, but figured the equations might not show correctly?
If you've ever wondered just how gold gets it's weight/mass this great little article by John Walker (2006) might just help explain it. There's also a small bit of info about the yellowish glow of gold and how it comes about. Gotta love physics.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/golden_glow/
The little poem at the end is so great:
What keeps that golden twinkle bright?
Mass increase near speed of light!
Cheers,
Shauno
EDIT- MODS: I was going to copy/paste the article in, but figured the equations might not show correctly?