You are a chemical engineer in a firm that manufactures computer chips. A new accountant, who understands bud-gets but not chemistry, sends out the following memo: “Because of the high price of gold,...

You are a chemical engineer in a firm that manufactures computer chips. A new accountant,

who understands bud-gets but not chemistry, sends out the following memo:
“Because of the high price of gold, the company should change from gold-plated

pins on our computer chips to pins made of copper, which is much cheaper.”
Write a memo to your boss explaining why the accountant’s choice of copper is a poor one

and why gold should continue to be used in pin manufacturing.