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Which metal is heavier than other in the following:
1. Au 2. Pb

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[+3] - timur - 07/15/2013You don't recall correctly, Dale, as usual. Au = Gold (latin, aurum) Pb = Lead (latin, Plumbum) Better get Mendeliev's background..
[+3] - Setanta - 07/15/2013[quote="timur"]Au = Gold (latin, aurum)[/quote] So, like, somebody who is really good at gold futures trading could be considered an auracle, huh?

@Praveen Kumar,

Prav if I recall correctly that's aluminum and lead

With all due respect: I'm not supposed to do this, but your q leads me to ask about your background; eg, age, ed., nat'l, and motive behind OP

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@dalehileman,

You don't recall correctly, Dale, as usual.

Au = Gold (latin, aurum)
Pb = Lead (latin, Plumbum)

Better get Mendeliev's background..

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@Praveen Kumar,

Lead (Pb) has a greater atomic weight, but gold (Au) is denser and thus a cube of gold is heavier than a cube of lead the same size.

Gold's atomic weight is 197 and its density is 19.3. Lead = 207 and 11.3, respectively.

(NB: the price gap between the two is narrowing on the commodity futures market, which tends to stifle alchemic research.)

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@Debacle,

You are becoming quite philosophical.

It's a day to mark with a white stone..

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@timur,

Damn! Hadn't thought of that. I better get the lead out.

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The profound question is: Which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of unwarranted assumptions?

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My heart pounds at the mere evocation of such assumptions..

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@timur,

timur wrote:

Au = Gold (latin, aurum)

So, like, somebody who is really good at gold futures trading could be considered an auracle, huh?

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@Setanta,

Good one.

It even has a link to the topic at hand:

- Croesus sent emissaries everywhere to find the best "auracle" of all..

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@timur,

timur wrote:

- Croesus sent emissaries everywhere to find the best "auracle" of all..

Oh, that's rich . . .

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@timur,

Quote:

You don't recall correctly, Dale, as usual.

Alas Tim, just wait til you're 82

In my own defense however, "If I recall correctly"

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@Debacle,

If only commodity futures contracts were deliverable door to d'or.

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