Technical Uses For Gold

For the average consumer, “gold” means jewelry, coins and treasure. But for the electrical engineer or medical professional, the word “gold” takes on surprisingly new meanings.

Gold is an amazing metal that has more uses than just decoration and monetary value. Its unique properties make it very useful for a variety of other applications in the industrial and technology sectors.

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Technical Uses For Gold

Electronics

One of the main areas where gold is used is electronics. Gold can be stretched very thin without breaking and it is very malleable. It doesn’t rust as easily as other metals and conducts electricity extremely well which makes it one of the very best metals in the world for electronic applications.

Gold is used in circuits, cell computers, fuses, switches, cell phones, audio and video cables. It’s rather common to find 24kt gold plated adapters and plugs.

It might surprise you to know that every space craft the U.S. has launched has used gold in their instruments and wiring! That’s a lot of gold because those space shuttles have a lot of wiring! It’s no wonder why they choose gold, it has never failed them yet.

Furthermore, if you look at an astronaut’s helmet, you’ll notice a gold film on it. This is to protect the astronaut’s eyes from harmful sun rays.

Cosmetics

Speaking of harmful sun rays, did you know that gold is included in certain brands of sunscreen? Gold is an excellent protective metal against UV rays.

Did you know that you can actually buy makeup that has tiny gold flecks in it? It may not be very popular in Toronto, but in China makeup containing gold is sold all over the place!

Dentistry

This should come to no surprise to anyone. We’ve all seen pictures of some of the world’s rich and famous sporting gold caps and grillz. While it might serve a decoration purpose, it’s an ideal metal for dental fillings and is used all the time in the dental field. Gold is easy to work with, and given its corrosion resistant properties, it already wins the best dental metal award right there. But what’s even more impressive is gold’s hypo allergenic features. It can be combined with hardening agents that makes it harder and more durable.

Medical Uses

The more we learn about this wonderful metal, the more valuable it becomes because of its wide-ranging applications.

• Used to help treat arthritis.
• Used in implants like stents and pace makers
• Used as a “vitamin” in places like Japan and Egypt.
• Used to ward off smallpox, measles.
• Used as a vaccine in China for diseases.

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