Facts about Gold

Some Facts about Gold that may interest you:

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and the atomic number 79 in the periodical table.

Gold is malleable, non magnetic and does not oxidise in air or water maintaining its colour which makes it ideal in the making of jewellery.

Pure gold is yellow in colour, however gold can also appear to have other colours.

These colours are generally obtained by mixing gold with other elements in various proportions.

For example, alloys which are mixed 14 parts gold to 10 parts alloy create 14 carat gold, 18 parts gold to 6 parts alloy creates 18 carat, etc.

This is often expressed as the result of the ratio, i.e.: 14/24 equals 0.585 (rounded off), and 18/24 is 0.750. the new hallmarking system thus identifies 18 carat as 750, 14 carat as 585 and 9 carat as 375.

There are hundreds of alloys and possible blends for gold, but in general the addition of silver will color gold green, and the addition of copper will colour it red.

A mix of around 50/50 copper and silver gives the range of yellow gold used in jewellery production.

The two best known gold colours are:

White Gold

Rose Gold

Gold is often sought as a haven against bad times by shrewd investors and as such will allways have a realisable value.

We hope you have found facts about gold interesting, please contact us if you have any interesting facts about Gold.

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