No, Iron is better, it provides more protection and is many times more durable. Gold's only advantage is that it can be enchanted with higher level enchantments.
iron diamond gold and leather
weakest to strongest: leather iron gold diamond im not sure which ones stronger,iron or gold
You can use leather, gold, diamond, and iron
No.
You have to mine it using an Iron pick or better.
Iron armor, buckets, anything with iron.
Leather - Iron - Gold (less uses than Iron though) - Diamond (Chainmail is about the same as Iron but isn't available in singleplayer, i don't think.
Just put more armor on. It fills higher the more protective the armor. Here is the armor bar amounts:Full Leather Armor: 3.5 shirtsFull Gold Armor: 5.5 shirtsFull Iron Armor: 7.5 shirtsFull Diamond Armor: 10 shirts (max)
Stone and coal=Wood/Gold or better Iron=Stone or better Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, Diamond, Emerald=Iron or better Obsidian=Diamond only
Diamond armor is definitely the best armor in minecraft. It protects you the most and last for a really long time.
XOX XXX XXX X being whatever youre making it out of, cow, iron, gold, diamond O is empty