What is the melting point of gold in degrees Celsius?
Answer
1064°C
Gold melts at approximately 1064°C.
More precisely, the melting point of pure gold is about 1064.18°C at standard atmospheric pressure. The temperature corresponds to 1337.33 kelvin and is associated with gold’s transition from a solid metal to a liquid. Because quiz questions usually round physical constants, 1064°C is the standard accepted answer.
Gold’s relatively high melting point helps explain why ancient goldworkers needed sophisticated furnaces and careful control of heat. Once molten, gold can be cast into ingots, coins, jewelry and technical components. Pure gold is also unusually dense and chemically resistant, properties that complement its high-temperature behavior.
A common mix-up is copper, whose melting point is about 1084.6°C—close enough to cause confusion. Gold alloys, such as jewelry gold, melt over a range rather than at one exact temperature because added metals change the material’s composition and behavior.