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What is the chemical symbol for gold?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As Kev says, Au is the chemical symbol for gold. This derives from the latin name for gold, aurum. Other elements may have obvious symbols, such as O for oxygen, C for carbon, I for iodine, and so on. But many elements in addition to gold have symbols derived from their classic or latin names: Na for sodium (natrium), Fe for iron (ferrum), K for potassium (kalium) and others.