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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostDutchman, post: 1417320, member: 16994&quot;]I know someone with an XRF machine. (Google them... they are pretty cool)</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway it&#039;s a handheld device that tell you the composition and any trace elements on the surface of a piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had him scan this piece. </p><p>[ATTACH]172277.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]172275.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172276.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the results. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]172274.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see some of the compounds found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ag = Silver</p><p>Pd = Palladium</p><p>Ti = Titanium</p><p>Ni = Nickel</p><p>Cu = Copper</p><p>Zn = Zinc</p><p>Bi = Bismuth</p><p>Hg = Mercury</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these make sense... This piece is supposed to be copper nickel alloy that was golden and did NOT contain manganese. It looks to be true. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where the heck do things like Palladium, Silver, Bismuth, and Mercury come in in trace form???</p><p><br /></p><p>These pieces were used to try experimental rinses on... are these byproducts of the rinses??? Do any of the resident chemist have any thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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