RHODUNA®-Alloy 1 Rhodium-Ruthenium Electrolyte
This combination does not exist.
The first pure white electrolytic rhodium alloy
RHODUNA®-Alloy is the first alloy electrolyte in the world combining the high-quality metals rhodium and ruthenium. The basic materials of the new coating are truly royal: A mixture of rhodium, one of the world‘s most valuable precious metal, and the platinum group metal ruthenium.
Its white colour is absolutely equivalent to that of a pure rhodium layer. The electrolyte has all the quality characteristics of high-grade rhodium coatings and surpasses them in durability and uniformity. Its good throwing power even permits the plating of parts with complex geometries. It can be directly deposited on nickel, palladium, silver and gold.
At the same time, the „White Queen“ is considerably less expensive than pure rhodium layers.
Advantages
- Very light, white and ultra-bright coatings
- More uniform layer thickness
- Crack-free up to 1 μm
- Wide current density range
- Extremely abrasion-resistant
- Less expensive than pure rhodium layers
- Ideal for parts with complex geometries, e.g. chains
- Suitable for rack and barrel
Applications
- Spectacle frames
- Writing implements
- Jewellery
- Watches
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group, with about 10,000 employees and a turnover of € 10.4 billion in 2015. Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
