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The colour of gold and its alloys

The mechanism of variation in optical properties

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The optical properties of metals, and particularly their high reflectivity, are related to the effect on their free electrons of the energy of the incident light, but a satisfactory explanation of the characteristic colours of gold and its alloys and intermetallic phases has become possible only since calculations could be made of energy band structures.

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    K. E. Saeger

  2. Friedrich Uhde GmbH, Dortmund, Germany

    J. Rodies

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Saeger, K.E., Rodies, J. The colour of gold and its alloys. Gold Bull 10, 10–14 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216519

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