Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

Savvy_Sue

gerturdeanna wrote: »

It is hallmarked but I can't make out the hallmarks!! haha!! Thanks for quick reply!

You do need a good magnifying glass ... :rotfl: and that's just for starters, you then have to work out what they all mean!

Savvy_Sue

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

The main difference between gold and silver are that silver will tarnish where gold won't

If you have a coal fire, you could hold the ring in the smoke - silver will tarnish; gold won't. Take the ring from the smoke after a few minutes; soot will rub off, but if it's silver, the tarnish (silver sulphide, as you ask ) won't - you'll need silver dip.

Coal contains sulphur, and as it burns this makes sulphur dioxide which will tarnish the ring quickly.

Maybe not what you're after, but the best I could come up with, other than a jeweller :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny. x

Actually, surely this is a 'Eureka!' moment? won't a silver ring of x dimensions displace a different amount of water to one of the same dimensions of white gold? Not that I anticipate gert has an identically sized ring which she KNOWS to be gold, or silver, to compare it with, but does it take a physicist rather than a chemist to tell her that whatever the ring weighs will displace x ccl of water if it's silver, and y ccl of water if it's gold?

Not that this information gets us any further forward, because I'm no more a physicist than a chemist or a mathematician, but I thought I should mention it.

So, back to the chemistry, in the absence of a coal fire would a candle have a similar effect, albeit on a smaller scale? And do we have a cover story for why she is trying to [STRIKE]set fire to[/STRIKE] tarnish her shiny new ring?

Maybe the jeweller is simpler. A lot less fun of course ... :rotfl:

Savvy_Sue

OK, DH has just told me that technically, I am absolutely right. However, in practice, when Archimedes had his Eureka moment he was working with a crown (for someone's head), rather than a ring (for someone's finger). Apart from the difficulty of knowing / calculating how much water a ring made of a particular metal should displace, he doubts that you have in your kitchen scales or measuring jugs of sufficient sensitivity to make the experiment practicable.

Next year, you need a tiara. :rotfl:

gerturdeanna

You guys have made me laugh so much!!! hehe!

I really should get all my rings valued, for insurance purposies of course!! So I'll go to the jewellers, I think!! I do actually think it is white gold, after searching round the net etc. And OH said last night that he'll have to buy me more 'white gold' stuff to match it!!! haha!

Olliebeak

Look inside the ring for where the hallmark should be. IF you see the word 'silver' or the number '925' then that's usually proof that it's silver. I haven't a cloo about proper reading of hallmarks, but I do know that 925 is silver.

Savvy_Sue

gerturdeanna wrote: »

You guys have made me laugh so much!!! hehe!

We aim to please.

gerturdeanna wrote: »

I really should get all my rings valued, for insurance purposies of course!! So I'll go to the jewellers, I think!! I do actually think it is white gold, after searching round the net etc. And OH said last night that he'll have to buy me more 'white gold' stuff to match it!!! haha!

If you've got a good excuse like that, the jeweller really will be simpler. I wouldn't want OH to know I'd decided to take just one item in, the last one to be given.

The only worry for me would be if they turned out to be VERY valuable I'd be scared to wear them. But I think I'm safe. DH and I have modest tastes. :rotfl:

TrixieB

ARGH!

I just deforsted what I thought to be two lots if mince in gravy to make into stew for later, and it turns out one was chilli !!!!!!.

So now I have unknowingly defrosted the chilli in microwave I can't refreeze it, will it keep in fridge till tomorrow or have I got to throw it?

zippychick

TrixieB wrote: »

ARGH!

I just deforsted what I thought to be two lots if mince in gravy to make into stew for later, and it turns out one was chilli !!!!!!.

So now I have unknowingly defrosted the chilli in microwave I can't refreeze it, will it keep in fridge till tomorrow or have I got to throw it?

if it was me, i would keep it until tomorrow!

Pink.

Hi Trixie,

I would keep it in the fridge and use it tomorrow.

Pink

TrixieB

Even though it got a bit warm defrosting in microwave? ( I hate that but got up too late to have any other choice!)