Re: wxlo morning crew

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

As far as I know, by volume and by weight, nearly all of 
the material in a CD is polycarbonate plastic. What 
aluminum there is is a thin film sputtered onto the 
plastic. The CD wouldn't work without the reflective 
metal layer, but you don't need much metal to make the 
CD work.
> And when I play a CD at WMWM, I am playing a record.
> It's 5 inches in diameter, not 12, and it's made of
> aluminum (and maybe some other metals) not vinyl.
> But as far as I'm concerned, it's a record.