Under a car and in contact with iron is enough. I love my aluminum body cars but man, you need to be careful selecting fasteners.
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Liz@midwest.social 11 months agoYeah but like, in order to get significant amounts of it you gotta be in a relatively harsh environment.
the_third@feddit.de 11 months ago
Liz@midwest.social 11 months ago
Yeah that’s true, metal to metal contacts can have some fun interactions.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dunno how harsh a warehouse is. We used to get oxidized stuff for our presses a lot
Liz@midwest.social 11 months ago
It depends on what’s in the warehouse. The only place I’ve seen significant aluminum corrosion was inside a vac frame hood with years of corrosive fumes in it. But, I’m sure there’s a middle ground. Aluminum isn’t inert, but it’s better than raw iron at resisting corrosion.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Really depends on the grade of material. Aluminum has several different grades of varying hardness, ductility, resistance. Same as steel. Corrosion is the bane of most usable metals and industries are constantly researching methods to fight it
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You get a lot of it at sea. Not supposed to polish it off though, because the aluminum oxide acts as a barrier to further corrosion, whereas iron oxide flakes and continually exposes fresh surface.
Liz@midwest.social 11 months ago
Yeah I imagine you would. Salty water loves to eat things up.