[vsnet-chat 1534] Silver makes comeback?

[stars@personal.eunet.fi (Timo Kinnunen)]

  Dear Colleagues,

  I am just able to remember times when mirrors were
silvered rather than aluminized.

 I just read a short news. I put here
a translation of some parts of it.

>  Kultakeskus, Hameenlinna (Finland) together with Middlesex >university 
have developed a new, non-fading silver alloy.
...
>  The effective ingredient is germanium. Silver content
>has not changed. Markets are prospective among others in
>electronics industry... hitherto oxidization has been
>its problem.
           
I keep two thumbs up for this alloy, while my telescope
primary now has dark specks -needs recoating.

Regards,
Timo Kinnunen

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