why is it called the gold leaf electroscope when aluminium strips are used in it ?

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A gold leaf electroscope consists of two thin leaves of gold foil suspended from a metal rod. In other electroscopes aluminum foils are used instead of gold leaves, and they are in general called electroscopes.

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