Emperor Oli Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 I was doing my end of year chemistry test yesterday and I turned the paper over and it had a picture of the 50 cent Euro coin. Apparently itt's made out of an alloy called "Nordic Gold" which has a composition (I can remember this from the exam!) of:Copper 89% Aluminium 5% Zinc 5% Tin 1% Just a bit of trivia there. We had to say why it was a good compound to use and I said because it is resistant to corrosion (because of the zinc) and that it casts well (on account of the tin I think!). Quote
Chris Perkins Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 You obviously haven't actually read anything on my website apart from the forum Oli!http://www.predecimal.com/euroarticle.htm Quote
Emperor Oli Posted June 15, 2004 Author Posted June 15, 2004 Damn I didn't think anyone would know that! I've read all the articles on the main page - the forgeries etc. but that one seemed to slip me by! Hmph that's peeved me. Feel free to delete this then if it's on your site Quote
Chris Perkins Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 No, I'll keep it here - It'll make you look stupid Quote
Emperor Oli Posted June 15, 2004 Author Posted June 15, 2004 Lol, that's been done to death many times before! Quote
Sylvester Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Hmm it still lacks something to be a real coin... *cough silver* cough...Call me a precious metal fanatic but no metal is as good as silver for anything. (Except perhaps reacting, resisting and melting, but coin wise that's not really important and in many cases hopefully avoidable) Quote
Master Jmd Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 Yes, very humiliating on oli's part ...but i must admit that i didnt know that either Quote
william Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 I never knew that. Try and stick euros in flames and see what happens lol. Very embarrasing for you Oli Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 I had to answer a question on groats, shillings, and florins as part oif my maths mock exam. I got all the marks for that section! Quote
Emperor Oli Posted June 16, 2004 Author Posted June 16, 2004 Hardly embarassing, I just didn't see the article Quote
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