Making Nordic Gold

I have a bunch of copper metal that I've had sitting around, and I want to try turning it into gold.

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[zeynepkayra]

Nigel maxed up his chem skills and now he's moving to alchemy

[kitteecatt]

an important note from a metalworker: zinc fumes are very dangerous! it can easily poison you if you breath them in, and it’s a hell of a nasty ride getting through even a low grade zinc sickness. any zinc alloys should be treated carefully with plenty of ventilation as soon as heat is applied, as zinc really like to spatter out of alloys

[dylantaylor]

A similar alloy, minus the zinc, is simply aluminum bronze. Which is really impressive because it retains a similar gold tone but is actually as strong as many grades of steel.

[MichaelMacGyver]

Little tip: If you're adding zinc to a melt where aluminium is also being used, wrap the zinc in a little parcel of aluminium foil, that should help you get the zinc deep into your melt and hopefully help stop the zinc from fuming too much

[ConnorNolanTech]

Nigel should make german silver, too, just to fill out his "fake precious metals named after geographic locations" collection

[Asher-Tzvi]

Imagine knowing about this in medieval times. You'd be so rich from selling fake gold

[Valdagast]

And into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.

[aharanr]

I swear at this point Nigel's catchphrase should just be,
"So I blasted it with a blowtorch"

[marshalljohnson]

Thanks for the tutorial, i'm cooking nordic gold for tonight.

[mr.t.]

“I’ll close the lid and let it cook for a bit”
Ah, melted copper: my favourite dish

[Harry]

This is amazing. Just mixing some random metals and turning it into gold looking alloy, not gonna lie, if this video was on reverse, I wouldn't have believed it because it looks like real gold

[tycoon]

2:29 is this how horror sounds are made

[jannickaakjaer]

"It of course isn't actually real gold." Nigel, just admit, you're an alchemist.

[nakenmil]

So, apparently it's called "Nordic Gold", because the alloy was invented for some Swedish coins (by a lady working for a Finnish company). It's also used in Polish coins, and some Euro coins. It doesn't really tarnish, and it has some anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. So... just a decent alloy for coins, basically. Neat.

[sharkastic]

Summarize this channel in one quote: "And it honestly turned out better than I expected."

[joshc]

"This is a bunch of copper metal, and I want to try turning it into gold."

Oh, so we're doing alchemy today, alright

[dearth.]

This takes the saying:
"Everything that glitters is not gold" to a whole new level.

[ayushchaudhary]

He really became the alchemist with this one.

[neetmotive]

What's your hobby?

Nile: Cooking

What do you cook?

Nile: Metals

[JustTwentyPlays]

"and the next thing to add, is some zinc" *releases the core of the sun*