Hi
There can be many interesting variations in air quality. I've worked several
places where they found that the stock room wasn't the right place to keep
silver plated stuff. Being down wind of this or that can be all it takes.
Bob
On Jan 12, 2013, at 2:56 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
> On Fri,
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:25:55 -0800
Hal Murray wrote:
> How much of the crap on exposed silver is oxide vs sulfide?
Given the very low amount of sulfur and sulfur compounts in the
air, i'd say you've mostly silver oxide.
If you are living in an area with heavy traffic though, things look
a bit
The thing is that it has long been known that the black tarnish
that forms on silver is silver sulfide. I have noticed that most
of the unwashed masses think that anything that corrodes, or discolors
a metal is a rust, or oxide... even when it isn't.
Silver oxide is not formed easily. It doesn'
i...@blackmountainforge.com said:
> The reason that silver is used is that the oxide is also a very good
> conductor.
That's interesting. Does anybody have numbers to back it up? I poked
around a bit but didn't find anything.
My memory (from ages ago) is that RF gear is often gold plated ev
Time-Nuts
> Subject: [time-nuts] GPS Patch Antenna Electrode Tarnish
>
> Dear Nuts,
>
> Does the buildup of tarnish on the exposed silver electrode
> of a typical GPS ceramic patch antenna have any degrading
> effect on signal reception? A little Tarn-X easily removes
>
It should have virtually no effect.
Ed
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Dear Nuts,
Does the buildup of tarnish on the exposed silver electrode of a typical GPS
ceramic patch antenna have any degrading effect on signal reception? A little
Tarn-X easily removes it, but I wonder if it's worth bothering, as it always
comes back weeks or months later. I've seen it men
