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into the coatings, influencing the final properties of the electroplating
deposit.
===7.1.1.1.1 Precious Metal Electrolytes===
All precious metals can be electroplated with silver and gold by far the most
widely used ones ''(Tables 7.1 and 7.2)''.
The following precious metal electrolytes are the most important ones:
*'''Gold electrolytes''' For functional and decorative purposes pure gold, hard gold, low-karat
gold, or colored gold coatings are deposited. Depending on the
requirements, acidic, neutral, or cyanide electrolytes based on
potassium gold cyanide or cyanide free and neutral electrolytes based
on gold sulfite complexes are used.
