-=> Quoting Bonnie Goodwin to Herry Budiutama <=-
 BG> recording side made of iron oxide (why tape often has a reddish look
 BG> to it). Metal tapes don't have to have oxide to work.
Remember in the early days of metal tape manufacture they had stability
problems with the "powder", and there were reports of it having a
problem with spontanious combustion.... :-)  Must have been a HOT
formulation eh? 
See ya, Cameron Hall
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