#microscopic tales

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Gold/Aurum, Atomic no. 79, Au

Their special colour, inert and soft properties make it to be one of the important metals among human history, mainly for decoration and currency (still being a good investment today btw)

Its inertness is somehow due to special relativity and the poor shielding of the f orbital, leaving the s orbital more attracted into the nucleus, therefore making the valence electron less likely to be give away for reaction.

And for its special yellowish colour unlike other metals, is also due to the properties mentioned above, as this affected the energy gap of the electron to be smaller, gold is likely to absorb more light from the visible light spectrum (mainly blue), so the outcome reflection of light has less blue light to make it look silvery/white, making it more prone to yellow, and earn its "golden" legend.

All of the above is only from my memory and pls be noted that I maybe wrong (but it at least should be related)

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Doodle of Lead

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