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For sure at high frequencies, the current is strongly concentrated
at the surface. This is the usual "skin depth" calculation.
A lot of microwave plumbing is gold-plated. Indeed some of it
is gold-plated brass, or gold-plated steel ... and it could be
gold-plated plastic and work just as well, because the skin
depth is so small that the waves never make it past the plated
layer.