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From: sinico
Date: Wed Mar 31 01:39:26 2004
 
     
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Hi everyone,

    I spend a lot of time prospecting in Goodwill and other second hand
    stores and at flea markets. Sometimes I find things made of silver
    there. Sometimes you can tell that they're silver plated by the fact
    that the plating has worn off corners and bottoms exposing a
    different colored base metal. But at other times I cannot find any
    such indication, which leaves me wondering if the object might
    indeed be solid sterling or other silver alloy. 

    Which brings me to my question. Short of bringing along the specific
    gravity balance, does anyone know of a reasonably simple reagent or
    test that can discriminate with some assurance, on the spot, in the
    Goodwill store, between a solid silver article and a plated one? 

Cheers,
Hans Durstling


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