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Is there a good reason for a lot of electronics to be gold plated?

Thanks.

 

[John Popelish]

Is there a good reason for a lot of electronics to be gold plated?

Low contact resistance, excellent corrosion resistance and excellent
solderability. And it looks cool and high tech. ;-)

 

[PeteS]

Low contact resistance, excellent corrosion resistance and excellent
solderability.

And it looks cool and high tech. ;-)


Well, of course. That's what the audiophools want. I think if the
control buttons on a piece of audio equipment were gold plated, some
audiophool would buy it on the grounds 'it must be better'

Cheers

PeteS

 

[Chris]

Low contact resistance, excellent corrosion resistance and excellent
solderability. And it looks cool and high tech. ;-)

And very low thermoelectric potentials, always a problem in precision
measurements of very low voltages.

Cheers
Chris

 

[Jim Land]

Low contact resistance, excellent corrosion resistance and excellent
solderability. And it looks cool and high tech. ;-)

And they can charge a lot more for it. ;-)

 

[Jamie]

And it looks cool and high tech. ;-)


Well, of course. That's what the audiophools want. I think if the
control buttons on a piece of audio equipment were gold plated, some
audiophool would buy it on the grounds 'it must be better'

Cheers

PeteS

oh, you mean like that monster wire that is 99.9999 OX free! and those
gold connectors and gold caps! ..yeah...

 

[Ken Smith]

Is there a good reason for a lot of electronics to be gold plated?

Gold has a lot of advantages. These are mostly because (A) it doesn't
corrode easily and (B) it is a soft metal.

 

[Mark Fortune]

Gold has a lot of advantages. These are mostly because (A) it doesn't
corrode easily and (B) it is a soft metal.

c) it's a good electrical conductor

 

[Eeyore]

c) it's a good electrical conductor

Not as good as copper.

Graham

 

[John Fields]

Not as good as copper.

 

[Peter Bennett]

Gold has a lot of advantages. These are mostly because (A) it doesn't
corrode easily and (B) it is a soft metal.

Those are good reasons for gold plating the _mating surfaces_ of
connectors. There is no reason (good or bad!) to gold plate the
outsides or other non-mating surfaces.



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[Puckdropper]

Those are good reasons for gold plating the _mating surfaces_ of
connectors. There is no reason (good or bad!) to gold plate the
outsides or other non-mating surfaces.

Sure, but it looks pretty in the impossible-to-open-without-destroying-it
bags.

Puckdropper