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Formula: Au
Form: Thin Film
Material: Gold
CAS Number: 7440-57-5
Commodity: Precious Metals
Purity: 99.99%
Gold Thin Film Sizes from Goodfellow is a flexible polyester film coated with an ultra-thin layer of gold. This thin metallic coating imparts high reflectivity, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity to the polymer substrate. Gold Thin Films enable a wide range of scientific, optical, and electronic applications including surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, electromagnetic shielding, and flexible printed circuits.
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Tolerances

Thin Film
Thickness ±30%
Sizes
Linear dimension ±20%

Material Properties for Precious Metals

Atomic Properties
Element Value
Atomic number 79
Crystal structure Face centred cubic
Electronic structure Xe 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6s¹
Valences shown 1,3
Atomic weight( amu ) 196.9665
Thermal neutron absorption cross-section( Barns ) 98.8
Photo-electric work function( eV ) 4.8
Atomic radius - Goldschmidt( nm ) 0.144
Ionisation potential( No./eV ) 1/ 9.22
Ionisation potential( No./eV ) 2/ 20.5
Mechanical Properties
Element Value
Material condition Soft
Material condition Hard
Poisson's ratio 0.42
Poisson's ratio 0.42
Bulk modulus( GPa ) 171
Bulk modulus( GPa ) 171
Tensile modulus( GPa ) 78.5
Tensile modulus( GPa ) 78.5
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² ) 20-30
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² ) 60
Tensile strength( MPa ) 130
Tensile strength( MPa ) 220
Yield strength( MPa ) 205
Yield strength( MPa ) -
Electrical Properties
Element Value
Electrical resistivity( µOhmcm ) 2.20@20@20°C
Temperature coefficient( K⁻¹ ) 0.004@0-100°C
Thermal emf against Pt (cold 0C - hot 100C)( mV ) 0.74
Physical Properties
Element Value
Boiling point( C ) 3080
Density( gcm⁻³ ) 19.3@20°C
Thermal Properties
Element Value
Melting point( C ) 1064.4
Latent heat of evaporation( J g⁻¹ ) 1738
Latent heat of fusion( J g⁻¹ ) 64.9
Specific heat( J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹ ) 129@25°C
Thermal conductivity( W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ ) 318@0-100°C
Coefficient of thermal expansion( x10⁻⁶ K⁻¹ ) 14.1@0-100°C

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