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English translation: pre-gold

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German term or phrase:	Vorgold
English translation:	pre-gold
Entered by:	Gerhard Wiesinger

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06:07 Jan 3, 2010

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German term or phrase: Vorgold

Sorry, not much reference.
"Vorgold Produktion" is one of the productions listed on a PowerPoint slide titled "Nachweisgrenzen für einige Metalle in wässrigen Lösungen"

Gerhard Wiesinger KudoZ activity Questions: 75 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 26 United States
Local time: 01:54

pre-gold

Explanation:
"Vorgold" appears to be a product used to prepare surfaces for gold-plating, a little like an undercoat in painting. "Vorsilber" exists as well. Literal, but nonetheless seemingly well-used English translations for these terms are "pre-gold" and "pre-silver" respectively.

The term is used by Atotech, a manufacturer of "Vorgold" products. See:
http://www.atotech.com/en/applications/functional-electronic...

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adam_k
Local time: 10:54

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Thank you. I liked primary gold as well but this is the answer I used. Thanks also to all who provided reference comments.
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4 +2

pre-gold

adam_k

primary gold

Bernd Runge

Summary of reference entries provided
FYR	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Copy-pasted from the 'Atotech' website [http://www.atotech.com]	casper

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +2

pre-gold

adam_k
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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Thank you. I liked primary gold as well but this is the answer I used. Thanks also to all who provided reference comments.

10 hrs confidence:

primary gold

Explanation:
Die Sorte/Marke Auruna 311 scheint eine gängige Vorgoldsorte für Vorvergoldungen zu sein und wenn man mit den Begriffen Auruna + coating + gold sucht, findet man hä#ufiger den Begriff primary gold = Auruna 311.

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NEW TRY = STRIKE (BATH) GOLD
Since Vorgalvanisierbad is strike bath, I search for [strike bath gold] which seems to be the bath prior to the gold-plating bath. Sometimes, besides pre-plating gold, the term strike gold is used as well.

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 84

Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: FYR

Reference information:
http://wp1044014.wp071.webpack.hosteurope.de/PDFs/Galvanisch...
http://www.galva-projekt.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1643

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Native speaker of:

Japanese

2 hrs

Reference: Copy-pasted from the 'Atotech' website [http://www.atotech.com]

Reference information:
Atotech offers a complete process system, providing highest corrosion and wear resistant, solderable metal coatings which exhibit superior mechanical properties, e.g. fatigue resistance, ductility and tensile strength at minimum gold thickness. It includes an electropolishing step as pretreatment, followed by nickel / nickel-phosphorous, pre-gold and gold plating, finalized with a post-treatment stage to further improve the corrosion resistance.
http://www.atotech.com/en/applications/functional-electronic...

Aurocor C
Saurer Elektrolyt für harte, glänzende Goldkobaltschichten, die MIL-G 45204 der Typen I und II mit der Härte C entsprechen. Auch nach Lagerung und Hitzebehandlung behält Aurocor C seinen hohen Kontaktwiderstand.
Aurocor C lässt sich auch als Vorgold verwenden.

Aurocor N
Ein schwachsaures hartes GoldNickelbad für abriebfeste Überzüge. Aurocor N eignet sich für Gestell- und Korbanwendungen, Goldgehalt und Abscheiderate sind für den individuellen Einsatz regulierbar. Dadurch lässt sich Aurocor N auch als Vorgold verwenden

http://www.atotech.com/data/Edelmetalle.pdf

casper
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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