Material:Gold

Gold is a dense, soft metal. In scattering experiments, it is frequently encountered because it is a material of choice for nanoparticles.

Properties

• Density: 19.30 g/cm³
• Neutron SLD: 4.662×10⁻⁶ Å⁻²

Material	density (g/cm3)	X-ray energy (keV)	X-ray wavelength (Å)	critical angle (°)	qc (Å−1)	SLD (10−6Å−2)
Au	19.32	2.0	6.20	1.830	0.0647	83.44
		4.0	3.10	1.097	0.0776	119.89
		8.0	1.55	0.560	0.0792	124.86
		12.0	1.03	0.348	0.0738	108.29
		16.0	0.77	0.282	0.0797	126.51
		24.0	0.52	0.191	0.0811	130.80

See Also

• Wikipedia: Gold