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Medals at
Beijing
·
On August
21, 2008 at
Beijing,
Cultural
Activities
Director of
BOCOG, Zhao
Dongming
claiming a
purity of
99.9 pc,
said – “3,000
medals are
among the
best in the
Games
history and
the most
advanced
technologies
have been
used to
manufacture
them”
·
BHP Billiton
in Australia
has provided
the raw
materials
for the
medals. Its
“mining
sites in
Chile and
Australia
have
provided
13.04 kg of
gold, 1,340
kg of silver
and 6,930 kg
of copper.
Mission
IAS’2009
·
It is to be
ensured that
each gold
medal
contained
at least six
gm of pure
gold'
·
About 45
experiments
are also
carried on
each medal
as they are
incorporated
with the
precious
jade so that
the jade
never fell
off
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IOC has
standard on
the
material,
identification,
weight, size
and etchings
on medals.
''Each must
be at least
70 mm in
width and 6
mm thick''
·
'The gold
and silver
medals must
contain at
least 92.5
per cent
silver, and
at least six
gm of
24-carat
gold,
respectively.
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The bronze
medals are
mostly made
of copper''
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