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D9u on Oct 27, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The kilo is losing weight, changing all of science

Since gold is allegedly the most inert element, why wasn't the the prototype made of gold?

maxerickson on Oct 27, 2013 [–]

Platinum is less reactive than gold.

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