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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
1) Malleable gold alloys used in jewelry making.  Green gold has a greenish tint that ranges from light to dark due to its relatively high proportion of silver.  
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1) Malleable [[gold]] alloys used in jewelry making.  Green gold has a greenish tint that ranges from light to dark due to its relatively high proportion of [[silver]].  
  
  Compositions are:   
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Compositions are:   
º  Deep green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 15%, Copper 6%, Cadmium 4%   
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* Deep green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 15%, Copper 6%, Cadmium 4%   
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* Soft green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 25% (dark green in color) 
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* Green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 20%, Copper 5% 
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* Light green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Copper 23%, Cadmium 2% 
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* Green gold (15K): Gold 62.5%, Silver 33.3%, Copper 4.2% 
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* Deep green gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 37%, Copper 4.5% 
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* Green gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 35%, Copper 6.5%   
  
º  Soft green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 25% (dark green in color) 
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2)  A chloroaniline dye complexed with nickel.  See [[nickel azo green|nickel azo green]].
 
 
º  Green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 20%, Copper 5% 
 
 
 
º  Light green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Copper 23%, Cadmium 2% 
 
 
 
º  Green gold (15K): Gold 62.5%, Silver 33.3%, Copper 4.2% 
 
 
 
º  Deep geen gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 37%, Copper 4.5% 
 
 
 
º  Green gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 35%, Copper 6.5%    2)  A chloroaniline dye complexed with nickel.  See [[nickel azo green|nickel azo green]].
 
  
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==

Revision as of 12:55, 30 August 2022

Description

1) Malleable Gold alloys used in jewelry making. Green gold has a greenish tint that ranges from light to dark due to its relatively high proportion of Silver.

Compositions are:

  • Deep green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 15%, Copper 6%, Cadmium 4%
  • Soft green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 25% (dark green in color)
  • Green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Silver 20%, Copper 5%
  • Light green gold (18K): Gold 75%, Copper 23%, Cadmium 2%
  • Green gold (15K): Gold 62.5%, Silver 33.3%, Copper 4.2%
  • Deep green gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 37%, Copper 4.5%
  • Green gold (14K): Gold 58.5%, Silver 35%, Copper 6.5%

2) A chloroaniline dye complexed with nickel. See Nickel azo green.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p.372
  • Monona Rossol, The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide, Allworth Press, New York, 1994
  • A History of Technology, Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall (eds.), Clarendon Press, Oxford, Volume 1: From Early times to Fall of Ancient Empires, 1954

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