Gold chloride can refer to:
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Gold(I) chloride (gold monochloride), AuCl
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Gold(I,III) chloride
Gold(I,III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Au4 Cl8. It is a mixed valence compound as it contains gold in two oxidation states; square-planar gold(III) and almost linear gold(I). The compound, which is black, is pho ...
(gold dichloride, tetragold octachloride), Au
4Cl
8
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Gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) chloride, traditionally called auric chloride, is an inorganic compound of gold and chlorine with the molecular formula . The "III" in the name indicates that the gold has an oxidation state of +3, typical for many gold compounds. It ...
(gold trichloride, digold hexachloride), Au
2Cl
6
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Chloroauric acid
Chloroauric acid is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It forms hydrates . Both the trihydrate and tetrahydrate are known. Both are orange-yellow solids consisting of the planar anion. Often chloroauric acid is handled as a solutio ...
, HAuCl
4 (brown gold chloride); or its sodium salt,
sodium tetrachloroaurate, NaAuCl
4 (gold chloride, sodium gold chloride, yellow gold chloride), used as a histological stain
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