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Gold coating on aluminum without any intermediate metals

2004

I would like to have a gold coating of ~2micron on a 5 micron aluminum foil without any intermediate buffer (like nickel etc.,). Is this possible?

What is the best method. are there any suppliers of this coated foils?

Regards

Prasad Ybsr
researcher - Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

What you are asking for is not going to be available from your local plater and my guess is that it would be non functional in a real world set up. It is possible that you might be able to get a physical vapor deposition to work as they have some exotic cleaning and prep methods. I think that you could probably go to a low alloy of gold foil and forget the aluminum for nearly the same price.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2004