This might be how scrap and metal from raw ore is purified.
ken

At 05:26 PM 10/22/01 -0600, you wrote:
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>I was rummaging around some invoices at my current place of employment, when
>I came across an interesting purchase.  Apparently, special high quality
>"alloys" are manufactured for exterior electrical contacts, like perhaps on
>the take-off wipers on F-16's and miscellanous Space Shuttle components.
>Naturally, I was intrigued with the company making them, so I did some
>further research...
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>Apparently, 90Ag,10Pd is a compound that is highly resistant to sulfide
>formation....
>
>More interesting is:  75Au,25Ag - highly resistant to oxidation and other
>film formation.
>
>Has anyone ever looked into using high quality combined-metal electrodes for
>use in the electrolysis process?  Can one create an alloy combination with
>gold, which still enables the electrolysis of SILVER without the oxidation?
>I know the gold won't respond to low voltage - but can the silver still
>respond, if the combinations were right?
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