Articles from January 2016
Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 5 – Gold in Nanotechnology
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Although no definite applications have yet been found, gold’s conductivity, thermal insulation properties and resistance to corrosion are likely to see it utilised more and more as the field of nanotechnology matures.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 4 – Gold In Space
Article Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2016
Gold also has excellent heat resistant and insulating capacities and many space probes make use of gold foil as a thermal insulator for prolonged operation in the cold vacuum of space where temperatures can vary massively from the sunlit side of a space craft to the shadowed side.
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