[ARC5] Cadmium plating

[J. Forster]

I've had good luck just wiping them with a rag and a little mineral oil. I
don't know how toxic, but I do wash my hands well after handlinbg them.

Best,

-John

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> I have a number of old ARC-5 receiver capacitors and choke on which what I
> assume is
> cadmium plating over the brass "flower-pots" has oxidized to a white
> powder.
>
> I am thinking of buffing this off and having them replated.
>
> However, it seems to me that I have read somewhere that cadmium oxide is
> poisonous.
>
> Is this true, and if so, HOW poisonous?
>
> Ken W7EKB
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