Thanks Mike. Will get right on it! Robert E. Welch Senior Process Engineer Moog Components Group -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anil Kher Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:13 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Thick gold plating Besides hardness lot of other factors affect wearability. Surface smoothness, ductility and other components of the alloy matrix. 2% cobalt is good starting point . Anil -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Koo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 23 April 2014 20:04 Subject: Re: Thick gold plating Co. "All professional skills are mastered by critiqued practice" - by Schon. Original Message From: Victor Hernandez Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum Subject: [TN] Thick gold plating Fellow TechNetters: Besides palladium, what other alloys can be added to gold/nickel to improve hardness/wearability? Is there an IPC dtandard? Victor, ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________