Chemical Symbol Au (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Au element?

The answer is Gold, whose symbol is Au, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Gold Overview

Chemical Symbol

Au (Gold)

Uses

Very malleable. Used in electronics, jewelry and coins. It is a good reflector of infrared radiation, so a thin film of gold is applied to the glass of skyscrapers to reduce internal heating from sunlight.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Description

Soft, malleable, bright yellow metal.

Name Origin

Anglo-Saxon: geolo (yellow); symbol from Latin: aurum (shining dawn).

Sources

Found in veins in the crust, with cooper ore and native .

Atomic Number

79

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Atomic Mass

Anglo-Saxon: geolo (yellow); symbol from Latin: aurum (shining dawn).

Discovery

Discovered By: Known to the ancients.

Year: Unknown

Location: Unknown

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