Elements / 79
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Gold
Transition metal · d-block · ring P · spoke 11
Gold is element 79, a transition metal. It sits on ring P (period 6) on spoke 11. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 19.3 g/cm³7th densest of 99 | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 1,337 K · 1,064 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 3,243 K · 2,970 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.54 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 890 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 196.967 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 0.004 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | Known since antiquity | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- A single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square metre, and its leaf can be made thin enough to be semi-transparent.
- Used widely as money around the world, it once backed currencies under a monetary standard that bore its name.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 11
Ring P (period 6)
Play with Gold
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.