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To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (11531)12/14/1997 10:36:00 PM
From: kormac  Respond to of 18056
 
Yes, my wife just told me the other day to shine the silver for the holidays. :)



To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (11531)12/14/1997 11:45:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 18056
 
Bonnie, a rare case where it (Ag) actually suffers from either sulphidation or nitration (?) (formation of sulphides and nitrates), but not oxidation. But gold has quite a number of additional advantages, apart of its inertness, it is a fantastic electrical and thermal cconductor (so are copper and silver but they do not possess the environmental stability of gold).

Zeev



To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (11531)12/15/1997 12:55:00 AM
From: Jon Matz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18056
 
Oxidation requires oxygen doesn't it --- wasn't any out in space last time I checked.<vbg> Must be another reason they used gold, or am I ignoring some important fact?

Thanks,

Jon