It’s a good conductor, doesn’t corrode easily.
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1984@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Gold actually is worthless but humanity has decided it has value. Whats actually valuable is food, water, housing, mental peace, low stress etc.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nikelui@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It was also used in medical implants, since it’s a pretty inert material ( was, because nowadays there are better biocompatible materials).
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Gold is an extremely useful metal, WTF are you talking about? Despite its artificially high cost, it still gets regularly used in industrial applications. If it had a more reasonable price, it would be used a ton
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Gold is a actually extremely useful, and has a ton of practical applications where it’s not used because of cost.
LucidiaDiamond@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yeah it’s super useful for semiconductors