Random gold fact of the day

[Wonk]

If you store gold in your house, you might have wondered: what happens in a fire?  I did.  I have some in the house (in a firesafe) and it's insured.  Still, I wondered.  For inquiring minds, it just so happens the melting temperature for gold is 1900F and the average house fire is 1100F for about 27 minutes.  It doesn't look like gold would melt in most house fires after all...

[moda0306]

Thanks for the info.  I was curious about that.

[smurff]

And if it did melt in the house fire, you can just take the molten pieces (cooled to the touch, of course) to your favorite jewelers/smelters and they can remake them into bars and assay them.  Some of them might even trade the melted gold for coins of the same melt value.

Nuclear explosion, that's another matter.

[Lone Wolf]

Very interesting!  I've wondered about this from time to time.  Cool to hear that your gold coin collection won't evaporate and boil away or anything.