[Phil Allison]

"Ned Carlson"


Nothing wrong with the stuff, it is corrosion resistant, and
as you note, many computer connectors use it. I think rhodium
is probably better, but apparently it's harder to plate
connectors with rhodium thsan gold, and most folks never heard
of rhodium.


** Rhodium makes a good switch contact material but is not comparable with
gold as a long term connector material.

Rhodium is simply too hard to flow under light pressure and make intimate
metal to metal contact like soft gold does.



......... Phil