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Gold plating & magnetism effects

I want to know does a flash gold plating on SS 316 threaded rod make the rod magnetic in behaviour? What causes this change in property?

Shyam Nair
Reader - UAE
April 4, 2011

April 5, 2011

Hi, Shyam.

I would say that gold plating does not make stainless steel magnetic. Why do you think that it might?

Please try your best to explain your actual situation; casting questions and answers in the abstract can confuse us all without getting you closer to a solution :-)
Thanks.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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