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Re: [OM] titanium

Subject: Re: [OM] titanium
From: DaEyeGuy@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 03:38:41 EST
While raw titanium in it's native color, after having been extruded, is a 
matte, dull grey, it rarely is that color befroe being plated. The many 
dippings in order to etch and  "texturize" the surface to make it accept any 
form or painting or plating can make it appear to be quite light. So one 
can't try to identify the material based on what color it appears under 
abrasions.

I fell quite certain that, given the fact that Olympus has advertised and 
every camera book in the land has written that the tops and bottoms are of 
titanium, someone within the last decade would surely have stepped forth 
proving otherwise had it not been true. This product has been around long 
enuf to have outlived any speculations regarding the veracity of the 
manufacturer's claims. A simple alchemy test would certianly assuage any 
doubts.
Susan

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