IV. On certain properties of metals considered in relation to the periodic law

Abstract

In a previous paper published in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ (1888, A, pp. 339—349), the effect of about 0·2 per cent, of impurities on the mechanical properties of gold was examined, the results of the experiments showing that metals which diminish its tenacity and extensibility have high atomic volumes, while those which increase these properties have either the same atomic volume as gold or a lower one.