The feeling of Jin Cancan's medal is high-end, grand, and upscale. Due to its strong metallic texture and people's initial judgment that it is pure gold, it naturally cannot be put down. Little did they know that there was a story behind the craftsmanship of making this golden medal.
We all know that one of the processes in medal making is electroplating, which can electroplate medals into the colors we want, such as gold, silver, copper, etc. Is this electroplated gold, silver, and copper genuine gold and silver?
Basically, the medals we see are all plated with imitation gold, and of course, there are also those plated with real gold. Today, we will explain the difference between these two.
Plating real gold is the process of plating real gold on the surface of a medal. During the electroplating process, there is usually a classification of the real gold plating, which is usually 18K, 20K, 24K, etc., and the quality increases in sequence.
Plating imitation gold refers to electroplating a layer of gold on the surface of a medal, which is made by electroplating brass plating solution. Therefore, the gold medal we see may not necessarily be real gold!
Let's talk about the characteristics of both:
The characteristics of gold plating: strong metal texture, bright color, not easily oxidized and corroded, but high cost.
The characteristics of gold plating imitation: The color of gold can be appropriately changed according to the needs of customers, such as the common bright gold and matte gold, which look relatively soft, greatly improving the ornamental value of medals, and the cost-effectiveness is particularly high, making it the first choice for most competitions.
Kind reminder: For general large-scale events, such as the Olympics, the gold medal is 24K real gold. The organizing committee stipulates that the content of gold medal real gold should not be less than 6g!