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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > February  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Applications and Analogies
Is It Real Gold?
Harold H. Harris
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121
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February 1999
Vol. 76 No. 2
p. 198
Abstract
The oxidation-reduction couples involved in the corrosion of gold alloys and the dissolution of "noble" metals are related to an inquiry to the newspaper columnist, Ann Landers. the origin of several contemporary phrases (touch stone, acid test, Hallmark) are found in the chemistry of gold.
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*  Citation
 Harris, Harold H. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 198.
*  Keywords
 Public Understanding; Analytical Chemistry; AcidÐBase Chemistry; Redox Reactions; Qualitative Analysis; Gold
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 15, 1999
June 22, 2005
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