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  2. Carbon tetrachloride - Wikipedia

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    Carbon tetrachloride, also known by many other names (such as carbon tet for short and tetrachloromethane, also recognised by the IUPAC), is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CCl 4. It is a non-flammable, dense, colourless liquid with a "sweet" chloroform -like odour that can be detected at low levels.

  3. Gold compounds - Wikipedia

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    Gold compounds. Gold compounds are compounds by the element gold (Au). Although gold is the most noble of the noble metals, [1][2] it still forms many diverse compounds. The oxidation state of gold in its compounds ranges from −1 to +5, but Au (I) and Au (III) dominate its chemistry. Au (I), referred to as the aurous ion, is the most common ...

  4. Krugerrand - Wikipedia

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    The Krugerrand (/ ˈkruːɡərænd /; [1] Afrikaans: [ˈkry.ərˌrant]) is a South African coin, first minted on 3 July 1967 to help market South African gold and produced by Rand Refinery and the South African Mint. [2][3] The name is a compound of Paul Kruger, the former President of the South African Republic (depicted on the obverse), and ...

  5. Fineness - Wikipedia

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    1 troy ounce of four nines fine gold (999.9) 999.999—six nines fine: The purest gold ever produced. Refined by the Perth Mint in 1957. [3] [4] 999.99—five nines fine: The purest type of gold currently produced; the Royal Canadian Mint regularly produces commemorative coins in this fineness, including the world's largest, at 100 kg. [5] 999. ...

  6. Gold parting - Wikipedia

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    The Miller process affords gold up to 99.5% purity. The process involves blowing a stream of chlorine through molten gold. Impurities in the gold form chlorides, which form a slag that floats on the molten gold. [2] [3] Invented by Emil Wohlwill in 1874, the Wohlwill process produces the highest purity gold (99.999%). It is an electrolytic ...

  7. Category:Gold compounds - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Gold compounds" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  8. Gold - Wikipedia

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    A gold nugget of 5 mm (0.20 in) in size can be hammered into a gold foil of about 0.5 m 2 (5.4 sq ft) in area. Gold is the most malleable of all metals. It can be drawn into a wire of single-atom width, and then stretched considerably before it breaks. [ 14 ]

  9. Gold extraction - Wikipedia

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    Gold extraction is the extraction of gold from dilute ores using a combination of chemical processes. Gold mining produces about 3600 tons annually, [1] and another 300 tons is produced from recycling. [2] Since the 20th century, gold has been principally extracted in a cyanide process by leaching the ore with cyanide solution.