[TheForge] YAK Solid Platinum Anvil and Dan Brown

[Hochewa at aol.com]

To All,
Sort of like Goldfinger and his solid gold Rolls.
Anyway, trying to harden the anvil would have had little effect on it  except 
for burning off the paint.  Also something would have set the anvil  apart 
other than its lack of ring; Platinum has a density of .79 #'s /  in^3.  Iron is 
only about .28.  The anvil would have been about three  times as heavy for 
its size.  Platinum melts about 3100*F and it does not  oxidize appreciably at 
that temperature.  I know of a refiner that could  turn it back into a 
marketable form.
 
Bill Hochella
Sr. Development Engineer
Noble Metals
Johnson Matthey, Inc.
 
In a message dated 10/21/2005 11:42:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mrscherm at aol.com writes:

He ships  it home to the States, and upon first
> use sees that the surface is too  soft and decides to re-harden it.
> oops!