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Metal  Melting Facts for use with MELLEN Gold Melting Kit

Silver Chloride is a chemical compound AgCl.  It is a white crystalline solid.

AgCl is used to make photographic paper, pottery glazes, lenses, stained glass and bandages.  It is an antidote for mercury posioning.

Copper is a chemical element Cu.  Copper is easily worked and is a good thermal conductor, having excellent soldering and brazing properties.  Copper is germicidal, an example is brass doorknobs disinfecting themselves within 8 hours.  Antimicrobial properties are effective against pathogens, MRSA and Escherichia coli.

Copper is used extensively in refrigeration and air conditioning.  It is used in electromagnets, circuit boards, solder, electrical relays, vacuum tubes, integrated circuits, busbars and switches.

Gold is Au, considered most precious in jewelry, but also highly valuable in science and technology.  Gold is used in biomedical research, fuel cells. electronics, nanotechnology, photography. environmental research and space.

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