Materials & Innovations
New ceramic resembles 18-Karat Gold
Kyocera has succeeded in creating a fine ceramic material that closely resembles 18-karat gold in both color and hardness.
The firm said the new material “has been created by raising the brightness level approximately five percent (approximately 3.6 points) above previous gold ceramic products.” The firm also has boosted the material’s hardness “five to 10 times higher than that of gold, resulting in superior scratch resistance” and made it more lightweight, “with a specific gravity less than one-third that of 18-karat gold.”
The new ceramic’s price is reportedly about one-twentieth that of gold, and Kyocera said it will be marketed as an alternative to gold in jewelry and a wide range of other luxury consumer and industrial products.
