Gold plays an important role in the electronics industry owing to its unique combination of properties which include high electrical conductivity, excellent resistance to tarnishing and corrosion and the ease with which it can be applied as a coating to a wide variety of materials. Some new developments involving the use of gold in solders for semiconductor component fabrication and fine wires for semiconductor device interconnection are described together with the associated benefits.
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