Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: tin plating aluminum?
Message-ID: <1990Jan6.051240.11501@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <11050@frog.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 90 05:12:40 GMT

In article <11050@frog.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>... the ad copy claimed that it "tends to plate any
>metal more active than tin", so I wonder if it will work on aluminum (though
>I suppose the oxide coating is likely to defeat this...

Aluminum is actually a fiercely active metal, but that oxide coating is
(partly as a result!) just about the stubbornest protective layer you
can imagine.  I don't think it will work.
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