Electronic data		Thermal data		Steric data
Shells: 2,8,18,32,18,1 Orbitals: [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s1 Electronegativity: 1.4, 2.4 1. Ionization potential: 9.2257 eV 2. Ionization potential: 20.521 eV 3. Ionization potential: -- eV Oxidation states: 3,1 Electrical conductivity: 0.452 10^6		Melting point: 1064.43 °C Boiling point: 2808 °C Specific heat: 0.128 J/gK Heat of fusion: 12.550 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization: 334.40 kJ/mol Thermal conductivity: 3.17 W/cmK		Atomic radius: 1.79 Å Ionic radius: 0.85 Å () Covalent radius: 1.34 Å Atomic volume: 10.2 cm³/mol Density (293 K): 19.32 g/cm³ Crystal structure: Cubic: Face centered

Nuclide	Abundance [%]	Mass	Spin	Halflife	Decay mode	Decay tree
194Au	0	194	1	1.64d	EC,+	View
195Au	0	195	3/2	186.12d	EC	View
195Aum	0	195	11/2	30.5s	IT	View
196Au	0	196	2	6.18d	EC,-,+	View
197Au	100	196.967	3/2	--	stable	--
197Aum	0	197	11	7.8s	IT	View
198Au	0	198	2	2.694d	-	View
199Au	0	199	3/2	3.14d	-	View

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Name origin:	Anglo-Saxon: geolo (yellow); symbol from Latin: aurum (shining dawn).
Description:	Soft, malleable, bright yellow metal.
Discovered by:	Known to the ancients
Year:	--
Place:	Unknown
Sources:	Found in veins in the crust, with cooper ore and native compounds.
Use(s):	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.