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ELECTROPLATING:
A method in which an electric current deposits a layer of metal on a piece of jewelry. Usually the item is layered with silver or gold.
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ELECTROPLATING
The second major development, which was to supersede Sheffield plate, occurred in the 1840s. Elkington & Company of Birmingham developed the new technique of electroplating.

Electroplating - The process of covering a metal with a thin film of another metal. The metal is set in a chemical solution, through which an electric current flows to coat it with the other metal.

Electroplating Coating a metal surface (in fashion or bridge jewelry, usually with copper, nickel, chromium, gold, silver or rhodium) by means of electrolysis. The amount of electroplate on an object is measured in microns (one micron = .001 mm).

Electroplating: The process of covering a base metal with a thin film of gold by setting it in a chemical solution through which an electric current flows to coat it with precious metal.

Electroplating - This process utilizes a chemical solution and an electric current to cover a base metal with a thin film of gold.

Electroplating - a method of finishing of a metal in which an electric current puts a layer of metal on another alloy. (example HGE for hard gold electroplate) ...

Gold electroplating: Process by which sheets of gold of at least 10 karats and no less than seven-millionths of an inch thick are electro-chemically bonded to another metal.

Electroplating: The process of covering a base metal with a thin
film of gold.
Enamel: In its simplest terms, all enamel is produced by fusing colored powdered glass to metal to produce a vitreous or glass-like decorative surface.

ELECTROPLATING PROCESS
Process of covering metal articles with a film of other metals.

Electroplating: Process of covering metal articles with a film of other metals. The article is immersed in a chemical solution; electric current flows from the Anode (a piece of metal) to the Cathode, depositing the metal by electrolysis.

Electroplating commercialized, patented by Elkingtons of Birmingham. Large scale jewelry manufacturing begins in the USA
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Electroplating
The process of coating a base metal with a thin film of gold by means of electrolysis. The base metal is set in a chemical solution (liquid conductor), which, as an electric current flows through it, coats it with precious metal.

Electroplating is a process that electrochemically (electric current plus a chemical solution) bonds an extremely thin layer of atoms to the surface of a host material.

Rhodium electroplating on white gold jewelry is legally allowed. This coating has a life of around three years, before it wears out to reveal the original white gold underneath.

Plating or electroplating (also called Galvanotechnics after its inventor, Luigi Galvani) is a process in which one metal is coated with another metal using electricity.

Gold Plating (Electroplating) - When a base metal is covered with a thin layer of gold using the process of electroplating. The thin layer normally wears away more quickly than gold in a gold-filled item. The layer of gold must be at least .

Gold Washed"Gold washed" describes products that have an extremely thin electroplating of gold (less than .175 microns thick). This will wear away more quickly than gold plate, gold-filled, or gold electroplate.

An item where the center is generally made of base metal and a very thin layer of gold has been applied, often by electroplating. Gold plating is not very durable, but it is much less expensive than gold filled items.
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Electroplating (v) Depositing one type of metal onto the surface of another type by using the process of electrolysis or an electro-chemical reaction. Plated coatings are measured in microns.

ElectroplatingIn the jewelry industry, the use of electricity to deposit a thin layer of precious metal on the base metal of a jewelry item. Fine SilverSilver that is 999 fine or higher.

(4) An industry product or part thereof, on which there has been affixed on all significant surfaces by an electrolytic process, an electroplating of gold, or of a gold alloy of not less than 10 karat fineness, ...

Electroplating allowed gold to be stretched a long way. Embossing: A metal decorating technique similar to repousse except that embossing is done by machine rather than by hand. A design or pattern is pressed into the metal from the reverse.

Principles of Electroplating and Electroforming (Electrotyping). 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1949.
La Niece, Susan, and Paul Craddock, eds. Metal Plating and Patination: Cultural, Technical and Historical Developments.

Usually done by electroplating, where the piece is immersed in electrolyte solution containing gold particles, and then electric current is sent through the solution.

Gold-plated metal has a very thin layer of gold on the surface, usually applied by the process of electroplating.

The final piece of the puzzle was introduced into Providence at the end of the 1850s when electroplating was developed. Electroplating, an advancement over soft-solder, provided a more consistent and easier application of gold plate.

Silver plated items are made using a base metal, normally brass or nickel, which is then put through an electroplating process. Electroplating is a process which adheres a very very thin layer of pure silver onto the base metal.

Karatclad is a trademark for a very thick gold electroplating process; this type of plating is about 14 times thicker than standard electroplating.
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Electrotype
This term refers to when the Electroplating process is applied to a mould, to cast an object made of pure metal
Electrum
A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver ...

A fine silver film deposited on a base metal through electroplating. Base metal may be nickel, silver, copper, or brass.
simulated pearl
Glass beads coated in the ground-up iridescent nacre from fish scales.

In addition to its use in jewelry and decorative objects, it is an important electroplating metal. The manufacture of photographic film is dependent upon silver, and its use in dentistry is equally important.

Silver plated is where a base metal usually copper is coated with a layer of silver to stop it from corroding, also known as electroplating or EPNS.

*Silverplate - a base metal of nickel, silver or brass coated with a layer of silver by electroplating; has a tendency to tarnish with regular use in an electric dishwasher.

The coating of an article with a layer of gold, often by electroplating.
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Silver Plating: Also known as silver plated or silver coated. A base metal, usually nickel silver or brass, is coated with a layer of pure silver by a process called electroplating.

Compounds of silver are used to make mirrors, electrical contacts, dental fillings, coins and electroplating. Over 40% of all silver mined in the United States is used as silver nitrate and silver halide in photographic developing.

When the ring is finally polished, permanently darkened areas remain in the engraving making it more distinct. As gold does not easily react with other agents, the antiquing is achieved by electroplating with rhodium.

often, and more abundant, are gold color ornaments which have been gilded, rather than silver-color gilt. Most fashion or costume jewelry is rhodium plated rather than silver gilt. Gilding is considered inferior to rolled plate or electroplating.

See also: Jewel, Plating, Metal, Gold, Color