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Nuclear radiation on gold?
Would the radiation from an atomic bomb dropped on Fort Knox change the gold into other elements by nuclear reactions and render its contents relatively worthless?
2 Answers
- 6 years ago
Just remember: That gold survived a supernova once upon a time. That was a tad more energetic than any atomic bomb.
- Anonymous6 years ago
A small amount of the gold would be neutron-activated to another, unstable, gold isotope.
197Au79 + 1n0 ---> 198Au79 (which is unstable)
