โ–ธโ–ธ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Gold
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะ—ะพะปะพั‚ะพ
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ้‡‘
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Goud
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Or
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Gold
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ื–ื”ื‘
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Oro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ้‡‘
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Ouro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Oro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Guld
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะ—ะพะปะพั‚ะพ

Gold is a soft metal with a number of interesting physical properties. Gold is both malleable and ductile. Gold is a heavy metal (density 19.3 g cm-3) and one gram of gold can be hammered out into a thin sheet of gold a metre in area, and just 230 atoms or so thick. Gold leaf is translucent and the transmitted light is greenish blue (gold metal reflects yellow and red, leaving the greenish blue colour. One gram of gold can be drawn into a thin wire 165 metres long and just 20 micrometres thick. X-ray data suggest electrons from filled d bands near the electron energy surface of the s-p conduction band are excited by near ultraviolet and blue energies, giving rise to the characteristic gold colour of the metal.

Density properties

Elastic properties

Hardnesses

Heatscape representing the density of the elements
Heatscape picture representing the density of the periodic table elements.
Heatscape representing the molar volume of the elements
Heatscape representing the molar volume of the periodic table elements.

Electrical properties

Heat and conduction

Optical properties

image calculated by Patrick Callet

The image above is a virtual representation of gold metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

Acoustic properties