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Why are guns nickel plated?
To make them pretty and to resist corrosion.
How much is a gold plated nickel worth?
Only the value of the metals used to make it.
What is the metal used to make a nickel?
A US nickel is an alloy of 25% nickel and 75% silver.Current Canadian nickels are made of plated steel. Older ones are made of pure nickel.
What materials were used to make the first kettle?
The old style kettles were mostly nickel plated with copper wires and no water gauge. The old style kettles were mostly nickel plated with copper wires and no water gauge.
Did high standard make a sport king 22 in stainless steel?
No- but it was offered in a nickel plated finish.
What is the value a German SS nickel plated P-38?
The value of a gun is based on exact make, model and condition. Those guns were not originally nickel plated, and will have lost most of their collector's value. You would need an in person exam of the pistol for an accurate answer.
How do Sri lankains make money?
Sri Lankan rupees are made from metals. For example, one rupee is made of copper-plated steel, two-rupees are made of nickel-plated steel and five rupees are made of brass-plated steels.
Which metal is used to make jewelry and ornaments?
Having worked in Jewelry factories..the main component metal is copper of which silver is plated onto it. Other metals are white metal or brass. Sometimes nickel. Nickel silver is plated on white metal and gold plate on brass or copper mixed alloys.
How do they make the Oscars?
According to Entertainment Weekly magazine, each Oscar is "handcrafted from Britannia metal by Chicago-based company R.S. Owens, then coated with copper, nickel, silver and 24k gold, and placed on a nickel-plated brass stand."
Why is steel used to make coins?
Correction to expert answer: Steel is used for making coins because it's inexpensive and durable. It has the disadvantage of rusting easily, so it's normally either plated or electrolytically coated in some way to avoid direct contact with oxidants such as air, and contaminants such as the oils in perspiration.Some examples of countries that have used or now use steel in coins include:The EU: 1, 2, and 5 cents - copper-platedThe UK: 1p and 2p - copper-plated; 5, 10, and 20 pence - nickel-platedRussia: 1 and 5 kopeks - copper/nickel/steel; 10 and 50 kopecks - brass-plated; 1, 2, and 5 rubles - nickel-platedCanada: 1 cent (obsolete) - copper-plated; 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents - nickel-plated; $1 - brass-platedGermany (postwar, pre-euro): 1 and 2 pfennige - copper-plated; 5 and 10 pf - brass-platedUS: 1 cent (1943 only) - zinc-plated
Will magnet stick to silver plate?
Probably not. You need a ferromagnetic material for a magnet to stick. There are basically three elements that are ferromagnetic: Cobalt [Co]; Nickel [Ni]; & Iron [Fe] (and some esoteric ones too). If the metal alloy that has been plated with silver to make the "silver plate" has enough of these then a magnet will stick, of these, only Nickel is commonly a component of alloys that are plated but often not in concentrations that are sufficient to make it obviously magnetic.
What elements are used to make German silver?
German silver is also called Nickel silver (among other names). 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc is the usual composition. It contains no actual silver (unless it's silver plated).
