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Can you melt gold together with a soldering iron?

Friday, November 19th, 2010
Xen asked:

I know gold has a low melting temperature in comparison to other metals. The strap on my girlfriends necklace snapped cleanly off right where it was welded to the pendant. If I use a soldering iron/pen, would I be able to fuse it back to itself?

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