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INDEX (V)

Gold, solid and plated, Gold-platinum alloy 0.00

Rhodium plated on silver-plated copper 0.05

Silver, solid or plated; monel metal. High nickel-copper alloys 0. 15

Nickel, solid or plated, titanium an s alloys, Monel 0.30

Copper, solid or plated; low brasses or bronzes; silver solder; German

0.35
silvery high copper-nickel alloys; nickel-chromium alloys

Brass and bronzes 0.40

High brasses and bronzes 0.45

18% chromium type corrosion-resistant steels 0.50

Chromium plated; tin plated; 12% ckomium tlpe corrosion-resistant

0.60
steels

Tin-plate; tinlead solder 0.65

Lead, solid or plated; high lead alloys 0.70

Aluminum, wrought alloys of the 2000 Series 0.75

Iron, wrought, gray or malleable, plain carbon and low alloy steels 0.8s

Aluminum, wrought alloys other than 2000 Series aluminum, cast

0.90
alloys ofthe silicon type

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Aluminum, cast alloys other than silicon type, cadmium, plated and
0.95
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Hot-dip-zinc plate; galvanized steel 1.20

Zinc, wrought; zinc-base die-casting alloys; zinc plated 1.25

Magnesium & magnesium-base alloys, cast or wrought 1.75

Beryllium 1.85

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