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NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, umthengisi wegolide waseNew York City uchithe i-$72,000 kwiphupha lakhe elibi kakhulu: iibhari zegolide zomgunyathi. Iibhari ezine zomgunyathi ezine-10-ounce zineempawu zebhari zegolide yokwenyani, kuquka neenombolo ezilandelelanayo. Oku kuyoyikisa kakhulu xa ucinga ukuba bangaphi abantu abanegolide—okanye ucinga ukuba banegolide.
Ndingumlandeli wegolide yobuxoki ukusukela oko umbhali uDamien Lewis wabhala igama lam kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Golden Cobra ngo-2007. Amava am okudala igolide yobuxoki ayintsomi nje, kodwa ndisathathwa njengomthombo wale ngxaki. Ndagqiba kwelokuba lixesha lokuba ndizenzele inkohliso ndize ndenze imivalo yegolide yokwenyani yobuxoki.
Endaweni yokuphosa iibhari ezili-10 oz, ndiphosa imodeli yekhekhe enobunzima obuyi-2 kg (4.4 lb), enobukhulu obufana nekhekhe elinomgangatho ophezulu. Ikhekhe elinomgangatho ophezulu elinobunzima obungaphezulu kweekhilogram ezine? Ewe, igolide ixinene kakhulu, ixinene kunelothe. I-fake elungileyo kufuneka ibe nobunzima obuchanekileyo kwaye ibe ne-element enye kuphela, ixinene njengegolide, ayisebenzisi i-radioactive kwaye ayibizi kakhulu. Le yi-tungsten, ebiza ngaphantsi kwe-$50 ngepawundi.
Ukuze benze into engeyonyani, abakhohlisi banokuwucima umbindi we-tungsten ngegolide enyibilikisiweyo. Ubunzima beentsimbi zegolide buphantse bube bufanelekileyo, kwaye xa kugrunjwa imingxunya enganzulu, kufumaneka igolide yokwenyani kuphela. Intsimbi yegolide eneekhilogram ezimbini eyenziwe ngolu hlobo ithengiswa malunga ne-$15,000 kwaye "ixabiso" limalunga ne-$110,000. Ekubeni kwafuneka ndisebenze ngaphakathi kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluncinci lwePopSci kwaye andingomgebenga, ndagqiba ekubeni ndifumane imali exabisa malunga ne-$200.
Ndifake isiseko se-tungsten kwi-alloy ye-lead kunye ne-antimony, enobunzima obufana nobegolide. Ngale ndlela ivakala kwaye ivakala kakuhle xa ichukunyiswa kwaye icinezelwe. Emva koko ndigquma i-alloy ngegqabi legolide lokwenyani, ndinika iibhari umbala wam ocacileyo kunye nokukhanya.
Inkohliso yam ayizukukhohlisa mntu ixesha elide (uzipho lwakho lunokukrwela i-foil yegolide), kodwa ibukeka kwaye ivakala kakuhle, nokuba ithelekiswa nebha yam yegolide eqinileyo eyi-3.5 oz. Okanye ubuncinane ndicinga ukuba iyinyani.
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