金（英语：gold）是化学元素，化学符号Au（来自拉丁语：aurum），原子序数79。纯金是有明亮光泽、黄中带红、柔软、密度高、有延展性的金属。金在元素周期表中在11族，属过渡金属，是化学性质最不活泼的几种元素之一。金在标准状况下是固体，在自然界中常以游离态单质形式（自然金）存在，如岩石、地下矿脉及冲积层中堆积的砂金或金粒。金能和游离态的银形成固溶体琥珀金，在自然界中也能和铜、钯形成合金。矿物中的金化合物不太常见，主要是碲化金。

金的原子序数在宇宙中天然存在的元素中是较高的。据信这种重元素是在两颗中子星碰撞时的超新星核合成中产生，在太阳系形成前的尘埃中就已存在。由于地球形成之初还处于熔化状态，早期地球里的金几乎都已沉入地核。因此，现在地球上地壳和地幔里的金多是拜后来后期重轰炸期（约40亿年前）的小行星撞击事件所赐。

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from Latin:aurum) and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides).