Gold

Gold is a metal resource from vanilla Minecraft. Although infrequently used in IC², it has several important applications.

Forms

These forms of iron are seen during ore processing:

•  Gold Ore
•  Crushed Gold Ore
•  Purified Crushed Gold Ore
•  Gold Dust
•  Tiny Pile of Gold Dust

These forms of iron are seen during metal shaping:

•  Gold Ingot
•  Block of Gold
•  Gold Plate
•  Dense Gold Plate
•  Gold Item Casing
•  Gold Cable

Uses

Gold is mostly used in cable, item casing, or plate form, and is used in the following:

•  MFE
•  Transformer Upgrade
•  OD Scanner
•  OV Scanner
•  Overclocked Heat Vent
•  Component Heat Exchanger

The other important use of gold is producing  Tiny Pile of Silver Dust during the third stage of a complete ore processing chain.

• As IC² does not generate silver ore, this is the only method of acquiring silver (in the absence of any other mods that do).

Crafting

Basic crafting is the same for (almost) every metal. Any pre-ingot form, except for the  Tiny Pile of Gold Dust, can be smelted into an ingot.

Smelting anything but dust is a waste of resources, though - check the ore processing page to see how to maximize your output.

9 ingots craft into a block and vice versa.

Dust comes from 9 small piles, but you can't craft small piles out of a single dust like you can craft ingots out of a block.

For parts that you make using this metal, plates and item casings and so forth, there's a page for that already.