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To resist the coagulation of \(100 \mathrm{cc}\) gold sol; 1 cC of \(10 \% \mathrm{NaCl}\) is added to it in the presence of \(10^{-4} \mathrm{~g}\) gelatin. The gold number of gelatin is

  1. A 1.0E-5
  2. B 0.0001
  3. C 0.001
  4. D 0.01
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(D) 0.01

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Gold number is the amount (in milligrams) of aprotective colloid, which is just sufficient to prevent the coagulation of \(10 \mathrm{~mL}\) of standard hydro gold sol, when \(1 \mathrm{~mL}\) of \(10 \% \mathrm{NaCl}\) solution is added to it. \(\because 10 \mathrm{cc}\) gold…