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Unread 09-13-2002, 09:28 AM   #7
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Thanks myv65, that's a lot of good info.

Oxidization is definitely not the same as galvanic corrosion.

What hasn't been covered yet is acid corrosion: the attack on metals from H+ or OH- ions (the components of H2O). with Copper, which forms a Cu (+2) ion, the OH- attacks it, or pulls the copper atoms from the copper block.

Keeping a solution neutral would seem to be the way to go, off-hand, but on the other hand, I wonder what would happen if the solution was more acidic (lower than 7 pH) versus more of a base (higher than 7 pH level). pH? (oops, I mean pHaestus?)
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