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Is gold a pure substance

Updated: 9/11/2023
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9y ago

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24 karat gold is one of the purest substances there is, it is even isotopically pure as gold has only one stable/nonradioactive isotope and all naturally occurring gold is 100% that isotope.

However anything less than 24 karat gold is not pure, other metals are alloyed with it usually to make it harder and more durable.

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Strictly speaking, gold metal is the element Au on the Periodic Table, hence it is an element

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