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Engineering

Engineering

Overview

Gold is used in a myriad of engineering applications including brazing alloys, as a lubricating coating and in electrical applications like potentiometers and spark plugs. More...

Glazing

Glazing

Gold has been used as a thin coating in building glazing to reflect heat radiation, keeping buildings cool in summer and warmer in winter. More...

Electroplating

Lubrication

Gold can be used as lubricant in a number of engineering applications based on its resistance to cold welding. More...

Electrical Uses

Electrical Uses

An overview of gold's uses in electrical applications like potentiometers and spark plugs. More...

Brazing Alloys

Brazing Alloys

Nearly 41 kgs of gold was used in the construction of the US Columbia space shuttle especially in gold brazing alloys. More...

Electroforming

Electroforming

Electroforming of gold, a process traditionally used in jewellery manufacture, is now being used to produce industrial components. More...

Optical Coatings

Optical Coatings

Gold is the most durable and efficient reflector of infrared energy, the basis for its use in high-tec applications. More...

Gold Bulletin

Gold Bulletin Articles

The Gold Bulletin archive contains a range of technical articles describing the engineering uses of gold in more detail:

 

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ACS Fall meeting

Inbetween meetings yesterday I managed to attend a few lectures here in (an extremely rainy!) Boston. Vince Rotello of UMass and Richard Lambert of Cambridge delivered the 2010 Langmuir lectures, both of which were excellent. Other interesting talks included Jin Zhang of UC Santa Cruz discussing his group’s work in the field of solar cell [...]

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