what is 14k gold electric plated?

Answer 1

It is just a very very thin coating of 14K gold. It may wear off quickly or last a long time depending on how thick the plating is. The metal that it's coated on may be anything but quite often is brass or some other non-precious metal

Answer 2

My answer before I looked it up was a process to bond a base metal or silver with a coating of a precious metal- in your case 14k.

The key is price. If the item is inexpensive, you can assume that plating is unreliable- thin, few layers and not worth the money you paid for it.

The dictonary says


"Electroplating is the process of using electrical current to coat an electrically conductive object with a relatively thin layer of metal. The primary application of electroplating deposits a layer of a metal having some desired property (e.g., abrasion and wear resistance, corrosion protection, lubricity, improvement of aesthetic qualities, etc.) onto a surface lacking that property."

Hope that helps!

Answer 3

14K gold contains 14 parts gold and 10 parts of another metal(s), making it 58.3% gold.

The most expensive gold is called Crystalline gold. Some great photos of it can be viewed at:
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