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Old 09-02-09, 09:14
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
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See my post (no.39) re hydrogen embrittlement. The gold plating is commonly "gold pacifate". The ww2 plating on Dodge bolts (Excellent bolts) was cadmium plating, unfortunately, a toxic , heavy metal.
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