Question

Write a symbol of gold.

Answer 1

Hint: Try to remember the elements and its places in the periodic table. Gold is the d-block element. It is placed in the sixth period in the periodic table and it is the one of those elements which occurs naturally.

Complete step by step answer:
The atomic number of gold is 79 and it is a transition metal in periodic table. Gold is placed in the sixth period and group $11(Ib)$ in periodic table. In its pure form, it is bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. It is a precious metal. It is a solid. The atomic weight of gold is 196.967.
Coming to question, the symbol of gold is $Au$ and not $Go$. Don’t get confused about the symbol.
Origin of the name-The name is from the Anglo-Saxon for the word metal and the symbol comes from the Latin aurum, gold.

Additional Information:
Gold is non-toxic. It is chemically unreactive although it dissolves in the aqua region. The electron affinity value of gold is $222.749KJmo{l^{ - 1}}$. The electronegativity value is $2.4$ in pauling scale. It has high melting and boiling points. Not only gold but potassium also has its latin symbol which we use more frequently. Transition metals are metalloids as they are in between metals and nonmetals, they have both the natures.

Note:
We all know that the symbol of potassium is K. The name is derived from the English word potash. The chemical symbol K comes from kalium, the mediaeval latin for potash. Don’t get confused with the latin symbols of elements and original names in periodic tables.