On 03.6.8 7:11 AM, "Thomas Stach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dr E D F Williams schrieb: >> >> Surely EDX would be enough? You'd need to prepare a sample of the metal to >> do a quantitative analysis? We'd only need to know the elemental >> constituents, not the exact proportions, to settle this nonsense once and >> for all. > > To determine the constituents of an alloy within a given frame of > accuracy around +/- 2% > an EDX-analysis is sufficient. [snipped for short] It always amazes me how many (true) experts in various areas we have in this list (and how one subject goes way off track for extreme :-). I have my own expertise but it is not the photography related. Good to have you guys as we do not know when we need you next time :-). Cheers, Ken

