Outreach – Making Gold Coins

• Post by: Thomas Chamberlain
• October 21, 2019
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At the 2019 University of Leeds ‘Be Curious’ outreach event, we demonstrated the effect of metal coating and alloying has on the appearance of copper coins. Copper coins were coated in a thin layer of zinc, then heated to combine the zinc and copper to make brass giving the coins a golden appearance.