Assemble Fake Gold From Nickels
2. Measure 1 tablespoon of sodium hydroxide and add it into the water. Add 1 tablespoon per nickel you wish to turn into gold. Be careful not to let the sodium hydroxide touch your skin.
Instructions
1. Select an ovenproof bowl for the project of making a nickel into gold. Fill it with water.
Moulding fictitious gold coins from nickels is a merry project. With a hardly any no sweat steps, you can pin money a lowly nickel into shiny gold coin. You can fool a person for a moment, until that person realizes that Jefferson's face graces the coin.
3. Add 1/3 tablespoon of zinc to the water and sodium hydroxide and stir.
4. Set a nickel into the ovenproof bowl, and place it into a heated oven until the water boils. Remove the bowl when the nickel changes color. Pour the water from the bowl, and put the nickel on a plate.
5. Take the nickel from the bowl, and hold it to the flame in the burner with a set of tongs. Your nickel will change to a lovely "gold" coin with Jefferson's face on its face.
