他们试图把铁变成黄金。
维尔博尔德和他的同事们集中研究了古代格陵兰岩石里钨的同位素，它们同黄金一样，也具有粘接铁的吸引力。
Willbold and his colleagues concentrated on investigating the ancient Greenland rocks for isotopes of tungsten, a metal that, like gold, has an affinity for bonding with iron.
我们对地球形成的理解认为如黄金和钨等贵金属在很久以前因它们与铁粘合的吸引力而移到了地球的铁核心。令人惊讶的是，在地球表面和下面的地幔层里贵金属反而比较丰富。
Our understanding of planet formation suggested that precious metals such as gold and tungsten should have moved into Earth's iron core long ago, due to the affinity they have for bonding with iron.
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