what are olympic medals made of (pure gold, or gold plated)?
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Most gold medals (including Olympic gold medals) are gold-plated, exceptions being the Congressional Gold Medal and Nobel Prize winners' medals, which are solid gold.\n\nHere is some more info on the subject.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_medal
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Gold is VERY heavy, twice the weight of lead. Those movies where people are throwing around gold bricks is far from reality. A cube of pure gold with 14.5 inch sides weighs 2000 pounds!!
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hmmm.... since winning an olympic gold medal is seen as a great  achievement... i doubt u ll be able to find a genuine one.... moron
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Athletes in the modern Olympic Games is not just awarded gold, silver and bronze medal for finishing first, second and third. The athletes are awarded with the experience of competing on a state-of-the-art facilities. As well as that they also compete in front of the world. Just competing in the Olympic Games is an award for many athletes.
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No records are kept on the race of the Olympic medal winners.  If you wanted to take the time to look up each one, then you would need to go to the site below and run a series of searches:
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It's "carats". 24k gold is pure. 18k gold is 18 parts of gold with 6 of some other metal, silver, or copper to alter the colour or make it wear harder and last longer, 9k is 9 parts of gold and 15 of other metals.
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In 1896, winners' medals were in fact silver. The custom of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events\n\nHowever, the 1904 Olympics also awarded silver trophies for first place, which makes Athens 1906 the first games that awarded the three medals only
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White gold is an alloy of gold and some white metals such as silver and palladium. White gold can be 18kt, 14kt, 9kt or any karat. For example, 18kt yellow gold is made by mixing 75% gold (750 parts per thousand) with 25% (250 parts per thousand) other metals such as copper and zinc. 18kt white gold is made by mixing 75% gold with 25% other metals such as silver and palladium. So the amount of gold is the same but the alloy is different.\n\n Traditionally nickel was used in white gold, however, nickel is no longer used in most white gold made today as nickel can cause reactions with some people. We do not use nickel in our white gold
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Gold remains gold no matter what. The problem is with the base metals gold jewelry is mixed with. Pure gold is 24 karats. Most of the jewelry you purchase is 14K or 10K. The higher the karat, the more gold. Example, 14K means that it is 14 parts gold, 10 parts base metal (for hardness and color), for a total of 24 parts. Therefore 10K is only 10 parts gold and 14 parts base metal. The base metal oxidizes and changes color. The more base metal (10K) the more likely it is to discolor, become brittle, or break. Touching silver has no effect. Just use a simple cleaner (ammonia and water) or buy a jewelry cleaner. Keep away from bleach, either when cleaning or in chlorinated water. This can do severe damage to the base metals. And do not clean your gold and silver jewelry in the same cleaner. The adverse effect is on the silver, not the gold. Hope this helps.
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Bugger all; a few micrograms.   Gold can be hammered or plated thinner than just about any other material.   There's a pagoda in Myanmar, one of the poorest countries in the world, with a roof covered in gold leaf.   The cost of the gold in medicines, electronic components, space helmet visors and all its other useful applications is negligible compared with the cost of manufacture.
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The US won 9 Gold, 9 Silver, and 7 Bronze.\n\nhttp://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/medals
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Here is a link to the Olympic Medals page.
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The FIFA World Cup Trophy is made of solid gold and malachite. It is made by the Italian sculptor Silvio\nGazzaniga. He described his creation in these words: "The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals, stretching out to receive the world. From the remarkable dynamic tensions of the compact body of the sculpture rise the figures of two athletes at the stirring moment of victory". The trophy is 36 cm high, made of solid 18-carat gold and weighs 4,970 grams. The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite and has room for 17 small plaques bearing the name of the winners - space enough for the World Champions up to the year 2038. The current FIFA World Cup Trophy cannot be won outright, as the regulations state that it shall remain FIFA's own possession. The World Cup winners retain it until the next tournament and are awarded a gold-plated replica.
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Not quite, there made of sterling silver which are then coated with 6 grams of pure gold.
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Coins are made from gold, silver, copper, aluminum (in some cases) and more commonly by alloys of iron, nickel, copper, and tin.
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It is stamped "825 China" probably because it is made in China. The 825 is the code for Continental Silver (European) and it means the alloy contains 82.5% Silver.\nThe millesimal fineness (a system of denoting the purity of Platinum, Gold and Silver alloys by parts per thousand of pure metal in the alloy) for 14 carat Gold is 585 and for 10 carat Gold is 417, therefore the Gold jewelry would be stamped accordingly.
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carats.\nwith 24 carat gold being the purest.\npure gold is never used in jewelery because it is too soft.\nbefore making ornaments it is mixed with some impurities that make it hard so that is can be molded to form ornaments or other substances.