[Boatanchors] Plastics that EAT metal! Remember the green Acetate Enigma filter eating the

[Randy Berry]

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 12:18 AM,  <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>  This reminds me of the many DIP IC chips that were stored with their pins inserted into non-static foam.  Many years later some were found to have become DIP chips without pins.
>
>
>
>  Wayne
> WB4OGM
>

I've seen this before, but for $45 they can keep the book.

Randy, N3LRX

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed via Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> To: boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Dec 3, 2016 10:39 am
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Plastics that EAT metal! Remember the green Acetate Enigma filter eating the
>
>
> Plastics that  EAT  metal!
> Remember the green Acetate Enigma
> filter eating the Enigma's  metal keys??
>
> Well Here is is  another!
>
> https://www.jstor.org/stable/20619421?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
>
> This is from JSTOR  which  your  library may have access to.... we
> do not...  but  there is  quite a buzz about the  hungry properties of this
> and other  plastics...
>
> Even if you do not read the  full article... The  abstract will strike
> fear in your heart!
>
> As always remember... were are all only temporary  owners of this stuff and
> need to  think 50, 100 or even 200 years  into the future. Beware of paper
> and plastic types used to house other   papers or artifacts.
>
> Ed Sharpe Archaist  for SMECC  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/)
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