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For engineering gold electrodeposited coatings, the relevant ASTM standard is (Electrodeposited Coatings of Gold for Engineering Uses), not B580. Users searching for a “gold plating” standard may have mistakenly searched for B580 instead. : The specification covers porous coatings; it specifically