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Scientists Finally Uncover Why Gold Never Tarnishes


Gold may stay shiny because some of its surface atoms reorganize into structures that block oxygen reactions. Gold has been valued for millennia because it keeps its shine, but new research from Tulane University suggests that this durability is not explained by chemistry alone. In a study pub

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