?You are hiking in the mountains and find a shiny gold nugget. It might be the element

Chapter 1, Problem 1.18

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You are hiking in the mountains and find a shiny gold nugget. It might be the element gold, or it might be “fool’s gold,” which is a nickname for iron pyrite, \(\mathrm{FeS}_{2}\). Which of the following physical properties do you think would help determine if the shiny nugget is really gold—appearance, melting point, density, or physical state?

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FeS_2

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