Gold Coil

Gold Coil offers the functional benefits of continuous rolled gold foil, combining the metal's superior conductivity, corrosion resistance, and ductility with a form factor suited to scalable, precision fabrication. This material is ideal for microelectronics, aerospace shielding, and high-precision medical devices, where unbroken lengths of gold facilitate seamless layering, bonding, or encapsulation. Industries apply gold coils in forming capacitive elements, multilayer circuit interconnects, and precision electroplated laminates. Specific technologies benefiting include roll-to-roll fabrication of flexible hybrid electronics, shielding in quantum sensor arrays, and sputter deposition masks for vacuum applications. The coil format supports advanced coil-winding processes, contributing to uniform wire tension and alignment critical in high-frequency RF and magnetic resonance components. Gold Coil is increasingly central to research in flexible electronics and photothermal nanodevices, where its purity, processability, and inertness support experimental repeatability and long-term device stability. This material stands as a critical enabler of scalable, high-performance solutions across scientific and industrial innovation.

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Tolerances

Coil

Thickness	<0.01mm	±25%
Thickness	0.01mm - 0.05mm	±15%
Thickness	>0.05mm	±10%

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