Autobiography of Gold

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Hi. I am Gold. I have been around since the beginning of time, but humans started to use me only 4000 years ago. Now, don’t think that you can throw me out into the garbage; there are millions of people who will come looking for me. Firstly, I am one of the most expensive and attractive metals on the earth. Secondly, my malleability and ductility has made me a favourite for jewellers throughout the centuries. Thirdly, I carry heat and electricity very well through my body making me a useful metal in electronics. Lastly, I am very stable and therefore do not get addicted to rust. I am a relatively cool person but I tend to get angry relatively fast when compared to other member of my family.  I start getting angry at 1064ºC but if I cannot still control myself until I get to 2861º C, which is when I start boiling I get very violent and . Some people think my family is too big. Well in a sense, I do have a big family. I am in a family more widely known as metals; more specifically transition metals. However, on the dark side, we don’t usually interact with each other because we cannot produce much anything by working together. Now, do not think that you can just beat me up. I am usually and weak when I am alone, but I feel a lot stronger by living with silver and copper, my friends down the street.

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I am a positive person and a respectful donator amongst us metals. I sometimes give my valance electrons to other non-metals. Depending how much stock the non-metal needs to become full, I give away one of 79 electrons. About 1 out of 130 of my atoms are like my clones. Those "fancy” scientists like to call them my isotopes. That is some weird language for "another form of an element." I have 18 of them. The most abundant one is Gold 197. However, if I do get lost my parents come finding me in Australia, South Africa or the ...

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