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    Gold is a rare yellow metal with the symbol Au. It is commonly used to make jewelry and as currency due to its malleability and resistance to corrosion. Gold can be hammered into thin sheets and is soft enough to dent with a fingernail, making those properties good tests for purity. However, gold's rarity and higher cost compared to other good conductors mean it is rarely used for electrical wiring. Thin gold sheets are sometimes used as a protective coating for other metals due to gold's resistance to chemical reactions.

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    Gold is a rare yellow metal with the symbol Au. It is commonly used to make jewelry and as currency due to its malleability and resistance to corrosion. Gold can be hammered into thin sheets and is soft enough to dent with a fingernail, making those properties good tests for purity. However, gold's rarity and higher cost compared to other good conductors mean it is rarely used for electrical wiring. Thin gold sheets are sometimes used as a protective coating for other metals due to gold's resistance to chemical reactions.

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    Elementary My Dear Gold

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    Gold is a rare yellow metal with the symbol Au. It is commonly used to make jewelry and as currency due to its malleability and resistance to corrosion. Gold can be hammered into thin sheets and is soft enough to dent with a fingernail, making those properties good tests for purity. However, gold's rarity and higher cost compared to other good conductors mean it is rarely used for electrical wiring. Thin gold sheets are sometimes used as a protective coating for other metals due to gold's resistance to chemical reactions.

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    Au

    Gold is number 79 on the periodic table of elements and its sym-


    bol is Au. It is bright yellow and one of the rarest metals on Earth. It
    is most commonly used as money and jewelry. It is also a very mal-
    leable and conductive metal.

    Gold is the most malleable metal Gold is very conductive and is


    on Earth. One ounce of gold can sometimes used for wiring but
    be hammered into a sheet that not often because of its rarity and
    is 300 square feet. Gold leaf is many other elements are better
    often put onto other metals and conductors.
    materials and is much thinner
    than a sheet of paper.

    Gold will hold its shape under Unlike most metals gold does not
    most conditions but is very soft. rust and does not react with water
    You can dent a piece of gold with or air. Very thin sheets of it are
    your fingernail. This is a good sometimes used as a protective
    way to tell if it is pure gold. layer for other metals.

    Questions 1. What is a good way to tell if you have pure gold?

    2. Why is gold not usually used for electrical wiring even though it is a good conductor?

    3. Why are thin sheets of gold sometimes put over other metals?

    4. What property of gold makes it easy to hammer into shapes?

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