Gold-sulfur chemistry.

  • Gold is the most electronegative metal of all[1]
    • Gold is 2.4 on the Pauling scale
    • Compare that with 2.4 for selenium and 2.5 for sulfur and iodine
  • Gold is the only metal that will not react directly with sulfur![2]

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References

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  1. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 1176. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  2. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 1179. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  3. ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 1181. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  4. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 1196. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.