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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3465240, member: 84179&quot;]Another option is the metal fell onto the strip as it was being rolled.&nbsp; My gut feel says it&#039;s not an alloying issue but have no proof to back it up. If you could ID the metal, a little phase diagram work might point towards an explanation.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing to do, is look at the boundary between the 2 metals. Do you see any undercutting in the parts where metal is missing? Is the boundary flat and continuous, or is there a small gap?&nbsp; You may need to use some high mag and may not be able to good pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that it is metal that fell on the strip during the rolling operation, but still open to other potential root causes</p><p><br /></p><p>You mentioned in another post that you had a lot of contacts in the dealer community in your area.&nbsp; Now you need to start hanging around UB or some of the other Universities and make friends with people that run the SEM <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; 10 min in an SEM/EDS would probably tell you everything you need to know[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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