Predict whether a gold ring would be a good conducter of electricity?

Question

What kind of bonds does gold have? How do these bonds explains gold's properties?

Answer 1

See the two references below about metallic bonds. The explanation is a little too long to type in this tiny space, but the first reference explains why gold is soft and both of them explain why it is a good conductor of electricity.

Types of bonding page 4 and Metallic bonds page 5: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-chem-bnd.html

Last section on metallic and hydrogen bonds: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-chem-bnd.html

Answer 2

Gold has so-called "metallic bonding."

First, this means that the atoms of gold are arranged in a crystal matrix according to a certain system called "cubic close packing." (Other metals have other crystal structures.)

Second, the outermost electrons of gold atoms do not stay put on their atoms but "swim around" the matrix. This is the reason that gold and other metals conduct electricity.

Electrons flow into the gold from an external circuit, they join the electrons already there, and a stream of electrons flows out the other end.

Another view besides "swimming around" is that the gold matrix is divided into energy levels called bands. In this explanation, the outermost electrons of gold are in the "conduction band" of the gold matrix. Then, electrons of electricity enter the gold, proceed through it through the conduction band, and then out.

Answer 3

Gold is not a very good reactant for an element.

Answer 4

Look at your properties of metals thats why it is a good conductor of electricity
Here is a site to view chemical and physical properties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metals#Chemical_properties

Answer 5

resistivity Ag 15.9 (n?-m) resistivity Cu 17.2 (n?-m) resistivity Au 22.14 (n?-m) resistivity Al 28.2 (n?-m) Gold is decision 3 in conductivity. solid as compared to what? .