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IT has previously been suggested that gold alone among the heavy metals of the first column of the periodic system forms alloys with alkali metals of definite and simple stoichiometric ratio. Matthewson1 derived from his experiments a formula NaAu2 ; Zintl2 mentioned the formation of NaAu. The discrepancy between these results is probably due to the fact that in the work of both authors oxidation or other unwanted reactions of the alkali metal were not excluded.
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Matthewson, Int. Z. Metallograph, 1, 81 (1911).
Zintl, Z. phys. Chem., A, 154, 1 (1931).
Sommer, Nature, 148, 468 (1941).
Sommer, Proc. Phys. Soc., 55, 145 (1943).
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SOMMER, A. Alloys of Gold with Alkali Metals. Nature 152, 215 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152215a0
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