Depletion gilding
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Jerarquía
<additive and joining processes and techniques> > <surface covering processes and techniques> > metallizing > gilding (technique)
Descripción
Subtractive process which progressively removes base metals from a gold-containing alloy to produce a nearly pure layer of gold. Depletion gilding was used in ancient Greece, in Egypt in the second century BC, and in pre-Columbian America.
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Otros términos
- surface enrichment [en]
- differential pickling [en]
- nise en couleur [en]
- gilding, depletion [en]