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gold
how is the metal gold formed and what is the chemistry needed for its formation?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Gold is an element - as jumbuck says it cannot be formed by chemical means.
It is not actually formed in the cores of stars only elements lighter than Iron can be created in that way. It is actually formed in the Supernova (exploding stars) themselves.
When the Earth formed a certain amount of gold was part of that. Tjhe association with volcanic magma is that volcanoes have a tendency to bring rare heavy elements from within the Earth up to the surface.
It is not actually formed in the cores of stars only elements lighter than Iron can be created in that way. It is actually formed in the Supernova (exploding stars) themselves.
When the Earth formed a certain amount of gold was part of that. Tjhe association with volcanic magma is that volcanoes have a tendency to bring rare heavy elements from within the Earth up to the surface.
Talking out of your ar5e again beso, the chandrasakar limit for a supernova is 5 solar masses, then a neutron star wll result.
see here http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/pfs/108/node6.htm
see here http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/pfs/108/node6.htm