Actually, gold is an average conductor at best and silver is the best.
Actually.... there actually is one other plausible use for gold but it would never happen: it would be the most perfect possible metal for waterfowl shot, half again more dense than lead and totally inert. You could kill geese with 2.75” shells.
Irving Belin was a pretty good conductor.
> Actually, gold is an average conductor at best and silver is the best.
Gold is used on contacts for 2 reasons: 1) it does not corrode or tarnish, and 2) it is the only common metal that will not form a semiconductor PN junction.