IT'S ON: Trump Announces Big Trip – First Time In 82 Years That A President Will Travel To Fort Knox, KY. “We’re gonna go into Fort Knox to make sure the gold is there.”
(conservativebrief.com)
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Tungsten would be a very poor substitute for Silver, since it is 83.3% more dense and very discernible. Platinum is 11.25% more dense than gold, so it would be easily detectable. No electronics are needed to check density. Balance tools are available, whereby you insert a coin (or billet) of specified diameter and thickness, and it either balances properly or does not. Or just take measurements and weight and calculate the density. Moreover, they all have different melting points.
People try to counterfeit, and maybe succeed in some cases, but in principle it is very difficult to counterfeit these metals, since they are easily discerned. (Just as a side note, silver has about 92.55% the density of lead, so the idea that the Lone Ranger used silver bullets would actually have been practical. I have read that sometimes silver is added as a trace to bullet lead in order to provide smoother friction down the barrel for cast bullets.)
Yes. I think because the silver has a a high lubricity, it is good to mix with lead. Also it's antimicrobial properties make a good choice for utensils. I know I've talked with quite a few metals and coin guys and they have mentioned (i thought) tungsten being used, for faking Ag or Au. But at that density it doesn't seem likely.
I was told of a very ancient Hindu practice, going back maybe 4000 years. In a family that could afford them, there would be a metal water bowl for each member of the family to drink from. A silver bowl for the husband/father and copper bowls for everyone else. At the end of the day, the bowls would be filled with fresh water and be allowed to sit overnight. The copper sulfates in the copper bowls would clear them of microbes, and the silver bowl would be anti-bacterial. This would be their drinking water for the following day. It is only that copper was less expensive than silver, but it was more important to protect the health of the family breadwinner.
I have also heard of surgical instruments made of silver, though I can't point to specifics. I know that bandages have been made with silver gauze (I have some made by Curad). Colloidal silver is available over the counter as a health treatment.
Tungsten has almost an identical density with gold, but they have much different hardnesses and melting points.