Sunday, August 7, 2011

Based on this info, how big would a cube of gold weighing 17 short tons be?

1cc of gold weighs 19.6 grams, so 17 tonnes occupies about 17 million/19.6=867346cc, so a cube would have a side of length just under 1 metre. I believe it. All the gold mined in history would barely make a 10 metre cube.

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