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[challenge entry] My first footy image...

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(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:16, archived)
# your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:17, archived)
#
you're
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:25, archived)
# no no...
its your - because they are your doors :p
my gramma so bad she rides a motorbike
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:36, archived)
# It's his only.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:36, archived)
# tell em it was"bait"
:)
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:38, archived)
# yes yes
that must be the reasoning... lol
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 16:17, archived)
# no comment
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 18:06, archived)
# Thing isn't even solid gold
A scientist with awesome hair said so.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10301713.stm
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:26, archived)
# Would a lump of gold that big really weigh 70kg?
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:30, archived)
# At 17.31 g/cm^3
70kg = 4 litres of gold, not taking into account the malachite layers.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:44, archived)
# 4 litres? The world cup isn't that big, is it?
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:46, archived)
# yes please
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:48, archived)
# Give or take a bit, the trophy is
"The trophy stands 36.5 centimetres (14.4 inches) tall and is made of 5 kg (11 lb) of 18 carat (75%) gold with a base (13 centimetres [5.1 inches] in diameter) containing two layers of malachite."

And imagine the amount of Irn Bru in a actual cup that size... admittedly it might corrode through the gold, but still...
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:49, archived)
# It's not even a real cup :(
Anyway, FIFA say exactly how much of it is gold in that article.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:50, archived)
# Imagine if someone dropped it. All that soft gold... it would dent up a bitch.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:54, archived)
# It would dent up anyone, not just a bitch
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:57, archived)
# hmm
density of gold 19.3 g/cm^3 (grams per cubic centimeter)
world cup is 36.5cm high, and the base has a diameter of 13cm

call it a cylinder so 3.14 x 6.5 x 6.5 x 36.5 (cross sectional areaxlength=volume)
x the density gives 93kg

the given weight of the world cup is 6.175kg
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:50, archived)
# As the base is the widest point, that's probably about right.
It was just odd thinking that such a small thing could weigh more than a person.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:52, archived)
# metal is heavy
especially gold, the density of glass is something like 2.5g/cm^3
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 15:59, archived)
# There is an entire website
of the cool hair dude talking about chemicals...

www.periodicvideos.com/
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 18:10, archived)
# Hahahaha
that's great.
(, Sun 13 Jun 2010, 16:02, archived)