“…(1) Gold: Although in previous work (17,21) reproducible catalytic data have been obtained with gold samples purified by Kriiss's reprecipitation method (see 21), for this investigation the gold was purified once more by ether extraction of chloride solutions according to Mylius (11). This preparation did not differ catalytically from the former; thus, the B and q data obtained can be considered as those of the pure element.…”