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Old 02-11-2010, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by de.facto7 View Post
Whew, good to know. I noticed that part of this chassis has a greening look to it. Mold? Copper? Arsenic???
That's probably cadmium oxide too. I've been running into it a lot lately. I posted a thread about how to remove that oxide and polish it up. As amptramp said, it's toxic so beware!

If you're wondering why they used it - it's prevents rust, is easy to solder to and looks nice. At least at first.

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread...=246991&page=2
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