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-----Gold Iridite ⇦ huh? versus Yellow Dichromate
Q. Some people in the telecomm industry use "yellow dichromate" and
"gold Iridite" ⇦ huh? synonymously. Are these two the same and is the term
"gold Iridite" at all related to the element Iridium?
Thanks,
Telecomm overhead racking - Overland Park, Kansas, USA
2004
A. You'd have to go back about 50 years for the derivation of the trade name Iridite but I doubt that it has anything at all to do with Iridium. Iridite is a Macdermid trade name for chemicals for chromate conversion coating, which can also be called yellow dichromating. It's a scotch tape / cellophane tape or xerox / photocopy type thing.
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Multiple threads merged: please forgive chronology errors and repetition 🙂
Q. I'm QA Engineer. Can I know the difference between Yellow Chromate & Yellow Iridite. Hope that someone can help me to explain this. Thanks in advance.
Larry KohCNC Machining - Malaysia
April 16, 2008
A. Hi, Larry. As you see, we appended your inquiry to a similar thread. If this does not answer your query fully, feel free to follow up.
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