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Gold is a shiny heavy metal usually used for jewellery.

Gold is the most malleable of all metals. It also has a very lustrous colour. Gold is a good conductor of heat and even electricity and can reflect infrared radiation strongly. It is also very resistant to corrosion via air or water. However, pure gold marks easily.

Gold has the symbol Au on the Periodic Table, and is element number 79. It is very low in the activity series, placed to the right of hydrogen, copper, and silver, as it is a highly nonreactive metal (reacts with very few substances).

Gold is malleable and ductile, and fairly lustrous. It has a metallic yellow colour that many humans aesthetically pleasing (they like the way it looks), and due to its relative scarcity, it is a very valuable commodity. It is used commonly in the manufacturing of jewelry, due to the fact that it is highly nonreactive (it will not wear out or stain easily), it is malleable and ductile, and is visually pleasing to many humans.

Gold is among the best known conductors of electricity; for this reason, it is used in many high-end electrical devices.

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