Properties of Gold

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Property	Unit	Value
Name	-	Gold
Abbrevation	-	Au
Atomic Number	-	79
Group	-	TM
Heat of Fusion	Kcal/g-mole	3
Heat of Vaporization	Kcal/g-mole	80.34
Molecular Weight	g/g-mole	196.96654
Melting Point	�C	1064.43
Boiling Point	�C	2854
Refractive Index	-	0.24
Critical Temperature	�C	7786.9
Critical Pressure	atm	N/A
Critical Volume	cm�/g-mol	N/A
Atomic Volume	cm�/g-mol	10.21
Atomic Radii (Bragg-Slater)	pm	170
Atomic Radii (Covalent)	pm	N/A
Atomic Radii (Van der Walls)	pm	135
Density	g/cm�	19.32000
Oxidation State	-	3,1
Electron Configuration	-	[Xe]4f14 5d10 6s
Electron Affinity (Theory)	KJ/g-mol	N/A
Electron Affinity (Exp)	KJ/g-mol	222.7
Electronegativity (Pauling)	-	2.54
Electronegativity (Sanderson)	-	1.72
Electronegativity (Allred_Rochow)	-	1.42
Surface Tension @BP	dyn/cm	1130.0
NMR Frequencies of Nuclei	MHz	1.712
Discovery Date	-	3000 BC
Electric Resistivity	mohm-cm	2.35
Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficient	1E-6 cm/cm/�C	14.16
Neutron Capture Cross Section	barns	98.8
Thermal Conductivity	W/m/K	317
Magnetic Susceptibility	1e-9 m�/kg	-1.78
Abundance, (Sun)	log(atoms/1E12 atoms H)	0.8
Abundance, (Meteorite)	log(atoms/atoms)	0.9
Abundance, (Earth)	log(pbbw)	2.5
Abundance, (Crust)	log(pbbw)	0.5
Abundance, (Ocean)	log(1E-12 mol/kg)	1.4
Abundance, (Body)	log(ppmw)	0
Electrical Conductivity	%IACS	73.4
Electrical Resistance	-	2.032
Photoelectric Work Function	eV	5.22
Hall's Coefficient	1E-12* volt-cm/amp-Oe	N/A
Electrochemical Equivalent	mg/coulomb	0.68117
Young's Modulus of Elasticity	1E-6 kg/cm�	0.794
Shear Modulus	1E-6 kg/cm�	0.281
Bulk Modulus	1E-6 kg/cm�	1.766
Poisson's Ratio	-	0.425
Hardness	-	18
Hardness Unit	-	BRINELL

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