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    gunnerlass Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 18, 2009, 08:00 AM
    Tarnishing on gold plating
    Hi

    Please could anyone help.

    In laymans terms what causes tarnishing on gold plating at 0.6 microns.

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    Aug 28, 2009, 07:28 PM

    If it was real gold, plating or not, it wouldn't tarnish. Since it is tarnishing, my guess is that it's brass or another metal.
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