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2. Plating - Wikipedia

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   Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderability, to harden, to improve wearability, to reduce friction, to improve paint adhesion, to alter conductivity, to improve IR reflectivity, for ...

3. Gold plating - Wikipedia

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   Gold plated - gold layer thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 micron; Heavy gold plated / Vermeil - gold layer thickness greater than or equal to 2.5 micron; Gold plated silver jewellery can still tarnish as the silver atoms diffuse into the gold layer, causing slow gradual fading of its color and eventually causing tarnishing of the surface ...

4. Cutlery - Wikipedia

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   In 1913, the British metallurgist Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel by chance, bringing affordable cutlery to the masses. [3] This metal has come to be the predominant one used in cutlery. An alternative is melchior, corrosion-resistant nickel and copper alloy, which can also sometimes contain manganese and nickel-iron.

5. Plated ware - Wikipedia

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   Plated tableware. Plated ware refers to articles chiefly intended for tableware consisting of a base metal or alloy covered by one of the precious metals, with the object of giving them the appearance of gold or silver. [1] Historically, the standard amount of precious metal used was an ounce of silver per square foot of surface area (2.8cL per ...

6. Chemical coloring of metals - Wikipedia

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   Various colors on stainless steel 18 Cr / 8 Ni 7.5 g of sodium dichromate , 1000 mL of sulfuric acid (1.24 g/cm 3 ), lead cathodes, object as an anode, 70-90 °C temp, 0,06 A/dm 2 , voltage 1.3 V – colors depend on the duration of the procedure (5-50 min.), brown, blue, reddish brown, yellow, green.

7. Arthur Price - Wikipedia

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   [1] [note 1] By this time, it had become the largest manufacturer of stainless steel cutlery in Britain, and was the first to use chromium plating in its production. [2] In 1964 John Price (grandson of the founding Price) [4] renamed the firm Arthur Price. [3] By the 1970s the company began focusing on high end, rather than popular, cutlery ...