Gold applications

J. Schwank, Catalytic gold Application of element gold in heterogeneous catalysis. Gold Bull. 16(4) (1983) 103. 

Sun, L., Gardella, J.A. Jr. (2002) Oxidation-assisted secondary ion mass spectrometry methodology to quantify mixed alkylthiol self-assembled monolayers on gold applications to competitive chemical adsorption. Langmuir, 18, 9289-9295. 

DiMilla, P. A., Folkers, J. P., Biebuyck, H. A., Harter, R., Lopez, G. P., and Whitesides, G. M. (1994) Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiolates can be Formed on Transparent Films of Gold Application to Studies of Protein Adsorption and Cell Attachment and Growth, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 2225-2226. 

Lokesh K, Shivaraj Y, Dayananda B, Chandra S (2009) Layer-by-layer self assembly of a water-soluble phthalocyanine on gold. Application to the electrochemical determination of hydrogen peroxide. Bioelectrochem 75 104-109... 

Since scanning tunneling microscopy requires flat conducting surfaces, it is not surprising that most of its early application was to study inorganic materials [17, 19, 20, 29-34]. These studies include investigations of catalytic metal surfaces [24, 35-37], silicon and other oxides [21], superconductors [38], gold... 

An equally important challenge for nanocrystal assembly is the fonnation of specific nanocrystal arrangements in solution. By using complementary DNA strands as tethers, Mirkin et al [102, 103] fonned aggregates of gold nanocrystals with specific sizes Alivisatos et al also used DNA to stmcture semiconductor nanocrystal molecules, though in this case the molecules contained only a few nanocrystals placed controlled distances from each other [104, 105 and 106]. The potential applications of biomolecular teclmiques to this area of nanoscience are immense, and the opportunities have been reviewed in several recent publications [107, 108, 109 and 110]. 

Electronic Applications. The PGMs have a number of important and diverse appHcations in the electronics industry (30). The most widely used are palladium and mthenium. Palladium or palladium—silver thick-film pastes are used in multilayer ceramic capacitors and conductor inks for hybrid integrated circuits (qv). In multilayer ceramic capacitors, the termination electrodes are silver or a silver-rich Pd—Ag alloy. The internal electrodes use a palladium-rich Pd—Ag alloy. Palladium salts are increasingly used to plate edge connectors and lead frames of semiconductors (qv), as a cost-effective alternative to gold. In 1994, 45% of total mthenium demand was for use in mthenium oxide resistor pastes (see Electrical connectors). 

Gold. Used both in decorative and electronic electroplating applications, about 27.5 t of gold were consumed in the United States in 1990 (8)... 

In the present time our organosilicon adsorbents found the practice application in such as fields such as, for example 1) the method of spectral-chemical determination of gold Clarke quantities in poor ores and rocks has been applied in analytic practice of geological establishments and research institutes 2) at the first time soi ption process was used in hydro-chemical analyze of fresh water. This method has been allowed to analyze of Baikal water 3) for purification metallurgical waters and waste solutions of chemical-metallurgical plants due to toxic elements 4) for creation the filters for extraction of rare elements, for example, uranium 5) for silver utilization from wasted of cinema-photo manufactory. This method has been applied to obtain the silver of high purity. 

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In many applications tantalum can be substituted for platinum and gold, and there are some environments in which tantalum is more corrosion resistant than platinum. Table 3.37 lists the main chemicals for which tantalum is not a suitable substitute for platinum and, conversely, those for wliich tantalum is better than platinum. Tantalum is rapidly embrittled by nascent hydrogen even at room temperature. Therefore, it is very important to avoid the formation of galvanic couples between tantalum and other metals. 

Gold can be used only in very small portions or very thin coatings because of its cost. Most of the applications for wliich it was used in the past have now been accomplished with tantalum at a much lower cost. A gold/ platinum/rhodium alloy is used in the manufacture of rayon-spinning jets in the production of rayon fibers. This alloy presents the combination of strength, corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance necessary to prevent changes in hole dimensions. 

The Group 1 elements are soft, low-melting metals which crystallize with bee lattices. All are silvery-white except caesium which is golden yellow "- in fact, caesium is one of only three metallic elements which are intensely coloured, the other two being copper and gold (see also pp. 112, 1177, 1232). Lithium is harder than sodium but softer than lead. Atomic properties are summarized in Table 4.1 and general physical properties are in Table 4.2. Further physical properties of the alkali metals, together with a review of the chemical properties and industrial applications of the metals in the molten state are in ref. 11. 

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