{"id":12948,"key":"Gold","title":"Gold","latest":{"id":1224141,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T00:10:37Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:020210828 Gold coins, Celtic settlement at Nowa Cerekwia, about 4th - 2nd century BC, Silesia.jpg|thumb|gold]]\n\nGold is the most malleable and ductile metal.<ref>http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/79.html</ref> It is highly [[Electricity|electrically]] conductive.<ref>http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/electrical.html</ref> It was once the standard of the international monetary system, but its formal role in the IMF (International Monetary Fund) was absolved in 1978<ref>See [[Wikipedia:Gold standard]] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20101020072509/http://www.reserveasset.gold.org:80/monetary_history/chronology Gold’s formal role in international monetary system disappears.]</ref> {{Verification needed}}.\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Mining|mining]]\n* [[gallium arsenide solar cells]]\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Gold]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Gold is presented through basic properties, common uses, and its long role in trade. Appropedia shares simple facts that connect science and history clearly.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Metals]]"}