Gold-filled is a type of composite material. Composites are formed from two or more constituent materials with different properties that, when combined, create a new material with enhanced properties.
A watch made from gold-filled metal
Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal, most often copper or silver, by a chemical or electrochemical process. Plating refers to modern coating m
Gold-filled jewelry
…will eventually wear off exposing the metal underneath. The layer of gold on gold-filled items is 5 to 10 times thicker than that produced by regular gold plating, and 15 to 25 times thicker than that produced by gold electroplate (sometimes stamped HGE for "high grade electroplate" or HGP for "heavy gold plate…
Gold-plated aluminium cover on Voyager space craft that protects a gold-plated Sounds of Earth record
A gold plated desktop Stirling engine
A gold plated DMC DeLorean—one of five known examples to have been plated—on display at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada
Gold-plated electrical connectors