Patent ID: 6299987
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: C23C,Y10T

Abstract:
A golden decorative part consisting of:a substrate; andan outermost coating formed thereon according to a dry plating process comprising evacuating the interior of a plating apparatus to a pressure of 1.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.times.10.sup.-5 Torr, introducing an inert gas other than nitrogen into the plating apparatus to a pressure of 1.times.10.sup.-3 to 3.times.10.sup.-3 Torr and evaporating gold and iron in said apparatus, wherein the outermost coating consists essentially of 88 to 96.5 atomic % of gold, 3.0 to 7.0 atomic % of iron, and 0.5 to 5 atomic % of incidental impurities including at least one member selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon.