[Boatanchors] Razor Blade Rectification

[J. Forster]

Based on Al's post, it might be a Selenium compound. Easy enough to try it and see.

........  There is an even easier way............   Google: "razor blade selenium"

http://www.icra2002.org/razor_blade.html

plus roughly 1400 other hits.  IMO, it's a pretty likely explaination.

-John

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Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:

> John,
>
> It is whatever the blue film is that is the "blue" of the Marlin, or Gillette,
> Blue Blade that reacts with the Graphite in the pencial lead, and the baser
> metal, to cause the rectification. The question is, what is that blue film?