At 15:23 14/10/98 -0400, you wrote: >Yet another question from your friendly neighborhood Japanese translator... > >In this test I am translating, there is a question I have translated as >follows: > >7. Which of the following is not appropriate as an inner-layer pattern >surface treatment method? > i. Blackening process > ii. Braun process > iii Electrolytic plating process > iv. Copper oxide reduction process > > >My questions are as follows: 1) Is it "Braun" or "Brown" for ii. 2) What is >the blackening (or darkening) process? > >Thanks! > >Warren > Warren , " Braun " stands for brown = brown oxide ( thin ) " Blackening " is black oxide = black oxide ( thicker than brown ) regards Edward Szpruch Eltek Ltd - Israel Tel 972 3 9395050 Fax 972 3 9309581 E-mail : [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################