Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Wikipedia
Symbol: Au
Melting point: 1,064 °C
Atomic number: 79
Atomic mass: 196.96657 u ± 0.000004 u
Electron configuration: [Xe] 4f145d106s1
Boiling point: 2,700 °C
Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the Au symbol (Latin: 'aurum') and atomic number 79. A transition metal (trivalent and univalent) is soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, "malleable", and "ductile". Gold does not react with other chemicals but is attacked by chlorine, fluorine and aqua..,.