Contact Material and Plating — What the Gold Thickness Means
That thickness qualifies as heavy-duty gold — it is not a thin flash coating. For a socket that will be mated and unmated multiple times over the life of the equipment, this plating grade maintains low contact resistance and resists oxidation in humid or mildly corrosive cabinet environments. The solder eyelet termination suits hand-soldering or wave-solder assembly where a crimp tool is not part of the build process.
