Ode Coyote's remark brought to mind the requirements for the manufacture of electron tubes (radio tubes to most people), at Western Electric. At one time I was the Engineering Department Chief for the manufacture of such items.
Almost all of the parts that make up an electron tube are gold plated with 24 K gold, because it is basically inert. However we required the ladies to wear finger cots (like the fingers from a rubber glove) because during their monthly period the salt plus whatever on their fingers would tarnish the gold and ruin the tubes. "Ole Bob" Ode Coyote wrote: > Skin has acids. That's why gun owners wipe off thier guns before storing > to preserve the blueing. > Ken -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
