

| Gold | Symbol | Au | | Atomic Number | 79 | Relative Atomic Mass 12C = 12.0000 | 196.96655 | | Atomic Radius pm | 144 | First Ionisation Energy kJ mol -1 | 890.0 | | Electronegativity | 2.54 | Density kg m -3 | 19320 [293 K] 17280 [m.p.] | | Molar Volume cm 3 | 10.19 | Thermal Conductivity W m -1 K -1 | 317 [300 K] | | Melting Point K | 1337.58 | | Boiling Point K | 3080 | | Number of Isotopes | 39 | | Inner + outer Shells | | | Inner + outer Orbitals | | | Filling Orbital | | Ground State Electron Configuration | | | | Ground State Electron Configuration with free Orbitals (n=7) |  | | | Ground State Electron Configuration with compressed Orbitals (n=96) |  | | | | Singularity | | | | | | s | p | d | f | g | h | i | j | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | | | | | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | | | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Term Symbol | 2S 1/2 | | Discovery | Known to ancients | | Name Derived From | Anglo-Saxon gold; Latin aurum |
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