Gold
Au196.96657 g/mol Calculated
The soft yellow metal that does not tarnish, which is why it survives millennia in tombs and still fronts every contact in a phone. Element 79.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product. Gold on our curated lists.
Household
Batteries and electronicsAdded by the maker
Sources and notes
- Our curated lists and their amountsfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach amount is an editorial figure from our food and drink lists, not a measurement of any one product.
- How it gets therefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach mark is set by hand on our lists, never inferred; a label's ingredient is added by the maker. A row with no mark data says Not marked.
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- Au
- Molecular weight
- 196.96657 g/mol
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Chemical elements
- Product lists
- Batteries and electronics
Questions
- What is Gold?
- The soft yellow metal that does not tarnish, which is why it survives millennia in tombs and still fronts every contact in a phone. Element 79.
- Where is Gold found?
- Gold is in these product groups: batteries and electronics. from source
- What kind of molecule is Gold?
- Gold has the formula Au and a molecular weight of 196.967 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under chemical elements, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09