Chemical element
A siderophile and chalcophile element, transported in hydrothermal fluids as chloride and bisulfide complexes and recovered from a wider range of deposit classes than any other metal.
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Gold has atomic number 79: its nucleus contains 79 protons, and that is what makes it gold.
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
The standard atomic weight of gold is given as 196.966570(4).
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
The symbol for gold is Au, as given in the CIAAW table of standard atomic weights.
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
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