Gold Plated AK47 – Assault Rifle
The AK-47 (or Avtomat Kalashnikova) was designed and developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Soviet Union and is the world’s most popular assault rifle. The gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle was first developed in the early 1940s and AK-47 stands for Kalashnikov automatic rifle, model of 1947. Mikhail Kalashnikov began his career as an arms designer while in a hospital after he was shot in the shoulder... Continue Reading »
What is Gold Plating?
Gold plating is the process of, by method of electroplating, adding a layer of gold to another metal in order to give the underlying metal the appearance of gold. Most often, the layer of gold is very thin, just enough to cover all exposed surfaces of the underlying metal. Gold plating is commonly used in jewellery plating and in the electronics industry. Gold plating of jewellery is common because... Continue Reading »
Electroplating – A Brush Plating Overview
Many of us have cheap jewellery which has a fine coating of precious metal over a cheaper base metal, such as copper or brass. This fine outer coating is the result of electroplating. Basically, electroplating is an electrochemical reaction used to deposit a thin metal coating onto an electrically conductive object. As well as its use for producing cheap jewellery, electroplating has been used in... Continue Reading »
Electroplating – Covering it Up
Electroplating is basically a process that makes use of electrical currents to coat a base metal with another type of metal. The most common metals used in electroplating are copper, silver, nickel, platinum and gold. It is common to see electroplated work in jewelry, home decorations, and cars. However, this procedure has found its way in aircrafts, spacecrafts, and even nuclear plants. Essentially,... Continue Reading »
