a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | au, gold |
Type of | noble metal |
Has types | gold dust, green gold, guinea gold, pure gold, 24-karat gold |
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