turning a penny into a gold penny (not real gold) ???

i was watching brainiac today and i saw some guy put a penny in boiling water and then the ingredient i didnt hear and nails, the coin turned "silver" and then he put it over an open flame and it turned "gold" i just wanted to see if i could do it (not to sell it of course)

copper, silver and gold are all elements, physical and chemical reactions that the said person preformed will not alter what chemicals are within a substance, only a nuclear reaction can do this.

This was in some form or another, just a trick, sorry.

copper, silver and gold are all elements, physical and chemical reactions that the said person preformed will not alter what chemicals are within a substance, only a nuclear reaction can do this.

This was in some form or another, just a trick, sorry.

yoshi-lnex

Damn, i was gonna say that!! 

You can plate things in gold but its still not 100% gold its a process known as Electroplating.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating  

are American pennies made out of copper like the Canadian ones?shishkabob_6

Yes, the copper they're made of is worth more than the face value of the penny. 

[QUOTE="shishkabob_6"]are American pennies made out of copper like the Canadian ones?sca321

Yes, the copper they're made of is worth more than the face value of the penny. 

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[QUOTE="shishkabob_6"]are American pennies made out of copper like the Canadian ones?yoshi-lnex

Yes, the copper they're made of is worth more than the face value of the penny. 

God bless America. 

e[QUOTE="sca321"]

[QUOTE="shishkabob_6"]are American pennies made out of copper like the Canadian ones?yoshi-lnex

Yes, the copper they're made of is worth more than the face value of the penny.

Actually I think they're zinc inside and copper plated. I remember hearing that they cost more to make than their face value and that there was concern that if the difference became too much people would buy a lot of them and melt them to sell the metal. I don't remember where I heard that I'll see if I can find a link. 

its an old trick, what you do is you add zinc (I'm pretty sure its zinc) to a penny on a hot plate, then you take it out dry it and apply to a flame, it turns gold (did this in science).mark4091

Not physically gold tho. 

[QUOTE="mark4091"]its an old trick, what you do is you add zinc (I'm pretty sure its zinc) to a penny on a hot plate, then you take it out dry it and apply to a flame, it turns gold (did this in science).hyruledweller

Not physically gold tho. 

its something alchemists did to trick people into thinking other substances were gold.