>---- Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>  I want to completely non invasively determine the characteristics of a
>  > metal surface...

Define characteristics? If you mean composition, x-ray fluorescence would work.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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