Gold and Silver Plating Basics | Products Finishing
Feb 22, 2011· CyanideBased GoldPlating Systems. Most plating of gold and its alloys is carried out from solutions containing gold as a soluble cyanide complex. Gold reacts with alkali cyanides to form either monovalent (MAu(CN)2) or trivalent (MAu(CN)4) complexes, wherein M is an alkali metal or, in some cases, ammonium ion.