Michael S. Lorrey wrote,
> The process described in his 'US patent' (which curiously specifies no patent
> number, no patent application number, application date, etc.), part II, is
> simply a complex method of creating 24 carat gold as a monatomic powder.
Hudson
> claims that the valence electron of his 'ORME' gold is 'unavailable' for
> chemical reactions, making the powder chemically inert. The only way this
would
> occur would be if the gold is NOT monatomic, but is oxidized, or for some odd
> reason the electrons from lower shells have filled all gaps in the outermost
> shell. Its rather obvious that if such were the case, the gold atoms would
emit
> photons as the electrons sought to drop to the lowest possible orbit for which
> there was space available, or that the electrons would be compressed into
lower
> orbits in violation of nuclear physics. Morover, his claims that the hydrogen
> being stripped from the HQu molecule in the last step, leaving the gold as
> 'inert' chemically is just plain wrong, because even though that may strip the
> lone electron from the outermost shell, that would leave the gold as a charged
> free ion, decidedly NOT inert, as its the proton in the nucleus that creates
the
> +1 charge at that point. Removing a proton makes the atom become platinum.
It looks like "white powder gold" with the attributes described by Hudson,
doesn't (theoretically) exist.
> Monatomic gold is not so special. What this Hudson character is claiming to be
> special is that he has somehow rewritten the laws of physics so as to allow
the
> electrons in a gold atom to live in lower orbits than is physically possible.
> The guy is a quack, as are all of the other New Age whackjobs associated with
> him...
Too bad it costs so much to try to repeat (or falsify) Hudson's experiment. The
most bizarre part of the Hudson claim is what he (and others) says about
ingesting the "white powder gold."
They claim that eating wpg heightens awareness, bestows psychic abilities (the
ability "to control human consent"), and prolongs life. White powder gold
therefore qualifies as a New Age miracle sacrament or witches brew, depending on
which side of religiosity one takes. I suppose too many people with more money
than sense will buy into this fantasy because it promises enormous benefits and
powers. In contrast, all you get for debunking the silliness is bragging rights.
(And the thanks of inquiring minds.) Thanks.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
3M TA3
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent
law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the
decent people will lose.
-- James Earl Jones
> The process described in his 'US patent' (which curiously specifies no patent
> number, no patent application number, application date, etc.), part II, is
> simply a complex method of creating 24 carat gold as a monatomic powder.
Hudson
> claims that the valence electron of his 'ORME' gold is 'unavailable' for
> chemical reactions, making the powder chemically inert. The only way this
would
> occur would be if the gold is NOT monatomic, but is oxidized, or for some odd
> reason the electrons from lower shells have filled all gaps in the outermost
> shell. Its rather obvious that if such were the case, the gold atoms would
emit
> photons as the electrons sought to drop to the lowest possible orbit for which
> there was space available, or that the electrons would be compressed into
lower
> orbits in violation of nuclear physics. Morover, his claims that the hydrogen
> being stripped from the HQu molecule in the last step, leaving the gold as
> 'inert' chemically is just plain wrong, because even though that may strip the
> lone electron from the outermost shell, that would leave the gold as a charged
> free ion, decidedly NOT inert, as its the proton in the nucleus that creates
the
> +1 charge at that point. Removing a proton makes the atom become platinum.
>
> Monatomic gold is not special either, as is seen from this excerpt from
> www.webelements.com:
> <<It would not normally be necessary to make gold in the laboratory as it is
> readily available commercially. The most romantic way to extract gold is by
> panning it out from a stream in some pleasant valley but most such sources
are
> now depleted. Panning relies upon the density of gold (which is very high)
> being much greater than that of the sand and other particulates. It therefore
> settles to the bottom of the pan.
>
> Today, more often than not, gold is extracted from ores. These ores often
> contain relatively little gold. Some of these processes cause environmental
> concern. The ore is crushed to a powder so as to expose the small gold
> particles. These are dissolved by treatment of the rock with cyanide solution
in
> air. The result of this is a gold cyanide complex. Addition of zinc powder to
> the resulting solution precipitates out the gold.
>
> 4Au + 8NaCN + O2 + 2H2O 4Na[Au(CN)2] + 4NaOH
>
> 2Na[Au(CN)2] + Zn 2NaCN + Zn(CN)2 + Au (s)
> >> end quote...
>
> Monatomic gold is not so special. What this Hudson character is claiming to be
> special is that he has somehow rewritten the laws of physics so as to allow
the
> electrons in a gold atom to live in lower orbits than is physically possible.
> The guy is a quack, as are all of the other New Age whackjobs associated with
> him...
>
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