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Metallic Yellow Atomic Number 79
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79.
It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.
It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions.
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