| | |   Purple gold. Purple gold is a strange thing indeed.  It is composed of gold and aluminum, but it's not an alloy.  It is instead a compound of definite proportions.  Known as an intermetallic compound, the bond between gold and aluminum atoms is weakly ionic.
 Source: Max Whitby of RGB
 Contributor: Max Whitby of RGB
 Acquired: 24 March, 2009
 Text Updated: 24 March, 2009
 Price: Donated
 Size: 0.25"
 Purity: 90%
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