gold: Gold is considered a symbol of prosperity all over the world. Everyone wants to have it. People save their gold. Everyone wants to decorate with gold. The process of gold mining is very expensive, that’s why it is so expensive. In today’s time, new things are happening all over the world to further increase the investment on gold. According to the US Geological Survey, till now about 2 lakh tonnes of gold has been extracted from the earth and now only 50 thousand tonnes is left. Do you know if all the gold in the world is melted and made into wire, then how long the wire can be made? Let us know some interesting things related to gold.
How much gold has been extracted from the whole world?
Gold is such a metal, which practically does not get destroyed. Therefore, since mining, it is still present in the form of jewelry, gold coins, gold bricks and electronic goods (gold is useful as a conductor, which does not deteriorate) etc. According to experts, if all the gold in the world is collected in one place, it will be contained in a cubical crate of 21 meters. According to reports, it is easy to get a 5 carat diamond during mining, while it is rare to get 28 grams of gold. To change the strength and color of gold, many other metals are added to it.
If the whole world’s gold is melted and made into wire…
About half (49 percent) of the total gold mined is used to make jewellery. Gold starts melting at a temperature of 1,064 degree Celsius. If it is heated to 2,808 degrees, it starts boiling. According to the information, if all the gold present in the world is melted and made into a 5 micron thick wire, then the whole world can be wrapped more than 11 million times.