Element name: Gold

Atomic number: 79

Atomic mass: 197

Symbol: Au

Where is this element found in nature: It is found as grain in rocks.

How is the element used: It could be used as jewelry, dentistry, to protect spacecraft and electronics.

3 Physical properties: colour- gold, luster- shiny, texture- smooth.

1 one chemical property: It does not react with most chemicals, combined with mercury it can dissolve and become amalgam.

Bhor – Rutherford diagram:

Websites used: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Electron_shell_079_Gold.svg/558px-Electron_shell_079_Gold.svg.png; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold; http://www.ga.gov.au/education/minerals/goldused.html; www.carondelet.pvt.k12.ca.us/.../silver.htm

Molecules having gold: silver has gold.