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The effect of various polishing techniques on the small-angle scattering from polished foils of aluminium is discussed. It is shown that the enhanced scattering arises from a particular polishing technique in which chromium is introduced into the thin oxide film on the polished surface. Fluorescent radiation from chromium is responsible for the additional scattering.