Template: Infobox gold Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! {{infobox element |name =gold |symbol =Au |Z =79 |number =79 |abundance= |abundance in earth's crust= |abundance in oceans= |abundance in solar system= |left=[[platinum]] |right=[[mercury (element)|mercury]] |above=[[silver|Ag]] |below=[[roentgenium|Rg]] |appearance=Metallic yellow |image name=File:Gold-crystals.jpg |electrons per shell=2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 1 |phase= |phase comment= |density=19.283 g/cm<sup>3</sup> <ref name="Arblaster 2018" /> |density conditions=(at 20Β° C) |density gplstp= |density gpcm3nrt= |density gpcm3nrt 2= |density gpcm3mp=17.31 |melting point K=1337.33 |melting point C=1064.18 |melting point F=1947.52 |sublimation point K= |sublimation point C= |sublimation point F= |boiling point K=3243 |boiling point C=2970 |boiling point F=5378 |triple point K= |triple point kPa= |critical point K= |critical point MPa= |heat fusion=12.55 |heat fusion 2= |heat vaporization=342 |heat capacity=25.418 |vapor pressure 1=1646 |vapor pressure 10=1814 |vapor pressure 100=2021 |vapor pressure 1 k=2281 |vapor pressure 10 k=2620 |vapor pressure 100 k=3078 |vapor pressure comment= |crystal structure=face centered cubic |crystal structure Pearson symbol=cF4 |crystal structure comment= |lattice constant=''a'' = 407.86 pm (at 20 Β°C)<ref name="Arblaster 2018">{{cite book |last=Arblaster |first= John W. |title=Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements |publisher=ASM International |publication-place=Materials Park, Ohio |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-62708-155-9}}</ref> |thermal expansion=<!-- see thermal expansion comment --> |thermal expansion comment={{val|14.13|e=β6}}/K (at 20 Β°C)<ref name="Arblaster 2018" /> |electronegativity=2.54 |number of ionization energies=2 |ionization energy 1=890.1 |ionization energy 2=1980 |ionization energy 3= |atomic radius=144 |atomic radius calculated= |covalent radius=136Β±6 |Van der Waals radius=166 |magnetic ordering=[[Diamagnetism|diamagnetic]] |magnetic ordering ref=<ref>{{cite book |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303222309/http://www-d0.fnal.gov/hardware/cal/lvps_info/engineering/elementmagn.pdf|chapter=Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds| editor = Lide, D. R. | title = CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | edition = 86th | location = Boca Raton (FL) | publisher = CRC Press | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-8493-0486-5 }} </ref> |electrical resistivity= |electrical resistivity unit prefix=n |electrical resistivity at 0= |electrical resistivity at 20=22.14 |thermal conductivity=318 |thermal conductivity 2= |thermal diffusivity= |speed of sound= |speed of sound rod at 20= |speed of sound rod at r.t.=2030 |magnetic susceptibility= {{val|β28.0|e=β6}} |magnetic susceptibility ref=  (at 296 K)<ref>{{Cite book|title=CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics|last=Weast|first=Robert|publisher=Chemical Rubber Company Publishing|year=1984|isbn=0-8493-0464-4|location=Boca Raton, Florida|pages=E110}}</ref> |tensile strength=120 |Young's modulus=79 |Shear modulus=27 |Bulk modulus=180 |Bulk modulus ref=<ref>{{cite book|author=Kelly, P. F. |title=Properties of Materials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSncBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT355|date=2015|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-0624-1|page=355}}</ref> |Poisson ratio=0.4 |Mohs hardness=2.5 |Vickers hardness=188β216 |Brinell hardness=188β245 |Brinell hardness comment= |CAS number=7440-57-5 |naming={{ety|la|aurum|gold}} |discovered by=In the [[Middle East]] |discovery date=before [[6000 BCE]] |QID=Q897 }}<!-- --><noinclude> {{Infobox element/element navigation|symbol=Au}} {{Template reference list}} {{documentation|1=Template:Infobox element/doc}} </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page