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Powdering of Cadmium Plating

I am seeing sublimation (powdering) of cadmium plating on aircraft hardware inside a wing which is only 4 months old.

The aircraft has been on the east coast since late April. No other corrosion is evident in the wing.

David G. Monsen
aircraft. - Afton, Wyoming, USA
2001

It is important to determine if it is truly the cadmium plate that is powdering or is a conversion coating that was applied to the cadmium powdering? This would have a significant difference in what my opinion would be.

Gene Packman
process supplier - Great Neck, New York
2001

Is some kind of chemical or moisture being sprayed onto the part or area where the powder is observed?

Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania
2001

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