• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    A thin layer of chromium on the surface of a metal to make it shiny and protect from corrosion.

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        3 hours ago

        I used to work in manufacturing and we made a sort of tube socket that was cadmium plated on the outside and chrome plated on the inside.

        I wonder how many people got cancer plating those things. Ironically, all of the platers were in California because it was banned for new plating centers in most other states.