But could this possibly, in court, fall under "melting them down"? The Copper ions can be recovered as a solid by just placing an iron object into the mixture. If this is done on a large scale you could, feasibly, recover a significant amount of copper at a small expense.
The worse case scenario is that a judge would repeat the same error that many introductory Chemistry students make and say that the solid metal is being turned into a liquid!
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And he's using balloons as storage devices?!? (see the picture) What are the odds in Vegas right now?
But could this possibly, in court, fall under "melting them down"? The Copper ions can be recovered as a solid by just placing an iron object into the mixture. If this is done on a large scale you could, feasibly, recover a significant amount of copper at a small expense. The worse case scenario is that a judge would repeat the same error that many introductory Chemistry students make and say that the solid metal is being turned into a liquid!
Would this apply to putting a coin into nitric acid since the resulting ions can be turned back into the metal through an electrochemical reaction?