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What metal did they use to patch the holes left in the nickel plating of the Plutonium hemispheres of the Gadget device tested at the Trinity site after machining off the nickel plating blisters?
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Careful grinding and gold leaf was used to repair the damage caused by the poor electroplating of the hemispheres. A very thin (0.1 mm) gold gasket was also fitted between the hemispheres to prevent penetration of jets of material from the implosion assembly, which could have deformed the pit or destroyed the urchin initiator inside.
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