Well, to understand their difference lets figure out how these two
metals are made.
14k
Gold Plated Jewelry
During the process of gold plating a thin layer of gold is applied to a
base metal either copper, nickel, silver and or brass via electrochemical plating.
Long story
short… 14k gold plated jewelry is like giving base metal a bath in a chemical
solution that includes a concentrated form of 14k gold.
Next, a current
of electricity is administered to the bath which results in the base metal being
coated with a microscopic film / VERY
thin layer of 14k gold.
Due to the
VERY thin layer of gold on plated
jewelry in time your 14k gold plated jewelry will fade, wear off, tarnish and
or chip.
14k Gold Filled Jewelry
14k gold filled metal is created by mechanically bonding a
layer of 14k gold by heat and pressure onto an alloy/base metal core.
An actual layer of Karat gold covers the entire alloy/base
metal surface.
This mechanical bonding process is permanent thus making 14k
gold filled jewelry tarnish resistant.
The value of gold-filled metal is greater than gold-plated metal
because gold-filled has an actual layer of karat gold, not just a microscopic
film that 14k gold plated metals have.
I hope this information was helpful! If you have questions just ask :)
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