Metal finishing Q&As since 1989
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Micro gold plating
Q. I would like to know about the micro gold plating. Kindly suggest me some good magazine and journals as well as books available on this topic. I am keen to learn about technical aspect of micro gold plating.
Manoj Kumar- Patna, Bihar, India
2001
? What do you mean by micro gold plating?
Michael BrewingtonFin-Tec, Inc. - Salisbury, Maryland, USA
2001
A. Hi, Manoj Kumar,
I believe that "Micro Plating" is just a trade name like Coca Cola or Windows.
Dipen Pattni
jeweler/goldsmith - Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
2001
? Do you mean flash gold /Immersion gold? The plated film thickness will be in the order of 0.05 microns.
V.RAMANAND KINI- Bangalore, India
2001
A. Hi,
Are you looking for a higher thickness in gold by electroplating. The measuring unit of the plated gold thickness is defined either by Micro-meter or Micro-inch. There are several types of micro-gold electroplating solution formulas, they are not the flash gold types definitely. And it depends what is the thickness and gold colors that one wants to obtain from the micro-gold electroplating process.
The conventional gold flash chemicals based plating solution will make you lose a great fortune if you put gold flash on the brass alloys based metals.
And beware of ions/atoms migration between two different metals.
Look for a credited chemical supplier.
- Stockholm, Sweden
September 18, 2019
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