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NgoSepthemba odlule, umthengisi wegolide waseNew York City wachitha u-$72,000 ephusheni lakhe elibi kakhulu: imigoqo yegolide yomgunyathi. Imigoqo emine engama-ounce ayi-10 inazo zonke izici zemigoqo yegolide yangempela, kufaka phakathi izinombolo ezilandelanayo. Lokhu kuyesabeka kakhulu uma ucabanga ukuthi bangaki abantu abanegolide—noma ucabanga ukuthi banegolide.
Bengilokhu ngingumlandeli wegolide mbumbulu selokhu umbhali uDamien Lewis abhala igama lami encwadini yakhe ethokozisayo yezinhloli ka-2007 ethi The Golden Cobra. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​​​okuthiwa ngokudala igolide mbumbulu kuyindaba eqanjiwe, kodwa ngisabhekwa njengomthombo ngale ndaba. Nganquma ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokukhohlisa futhi ngakhe imigoqo yegolide mbumbulu yangempela.
Esikhundleni sokuphonsa imigoqo engu-10 oz, ngiphonsa imodeli yekhekhe engu-2 kg (4.4 lb), cishe ngobukhulu bekhekhe eliyingqimba. Ikhekhe eliyingqimba elinesisindo esingaphezu kwamakhilogremu amane? Yebo, igolide liqinile kakhulu, liqine kakhulu kune-lead. I-fake enhle kufanele ibe nesisindo esifanele kanye nesici esisodwa kuphela, siqine njengegolide, singabi nemisebe futhi singabizi. Lena yi-tungsten, ebiza ngaphansi kwama-$50 ngekhilogremu.
Ukuze bakhe umgunyathi okholisayo, abakhohlisi bangawucima umongo we-tungsten ngegolide elicibilikisiwe. Isisindo sezingodo zegolide sicishe siphelele, futhi lapho kubholwa imigodi engajulile, kungatholakala igolide langempela kuphela. Ingodo yegolide engamakhilogremu amabili ekhiqizwa ngaleyo ndlela ithengiswa cishe ngama-$15,000 futhi “inani” layo lilinganiselwa kuma-$110,000. Njengoba kwakufanele ngisebenze ngokwesabelomali esincane sikaPopSci futhi angisiye isigebengu, nganquma ukuqeda ngemali engaba ngu-$200.
Ngifake i-tungsten core nge-alloy ye-lead ne-antimony, ecishe ibe lukhuni njengegolide. Ngale ndlela izwakala futhi izwakala kahle uma ithintwa futhi icindezelwa. Ngabe sengifaka i-alloy ngeqabunga legolide langempela, nginike imigoqo umbala wami obalulekile nokukhanya.
Inkohliso yami ngeke ikhohlise muntu isikhathi eside (uzipho lwakho lungaklwebha i-foil yegolide), kodwa ibukeka futhi izwakala kahle, ngisho noma iqhathaniswa nebha yami yegolide eqinile engu-3.5 oz. Noma okungenani ngicabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso.
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