Klarinet Archive - Posting 000322.txt from 1996/05

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Nickel plating
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 15:57:12 -0400

Roger Shilcock wrote:

>Steve:
>To me these formulae mean "cupro-nickel" or possibly "nickel bronze". They
>explain the coppery colour, certainly. By "corrosive" I take it you mean
>"corrodible".
>(If there is such a word ..possibly it should be "corrosible") The effect of
>the zinc will depend on how and in what form it is distributed within the
>alloy. Come to think of it, with that much zinc, the alloy should *not* look
>coppery, so perhaps this key metal people are unexpectedly seeing is something
>a bit different.
>Roger Shilcock

You and Steve Fowler have caught me with my brain on hold today. I used
the word "corrosive" in error. The correct word is either corrodible or
corrosible.

An acid is said to be a corrosive. A key (as I had written) is not.

Thanks for the correction
The semester is over and my brain is in neutral.

Steve.

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu