Brass doesn't react with aluminum!

jaydee · 05-27-2003, 11:25 PM

Hey, don't take my word for it!!! This comes from a guy with over 2,800 posts at www.overclockers.com!!!

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...hreadid=199200

I swore I would never post again there but I had to jump in. Being he is a "senior member" and I am the newb and all, I didn't see it much of an issue to be blunt.

Damn that place is so full of people who know jack and don't mind spreading it. Please don't let this place become like that!

8-Ball · 05-28-2003, 02:19 AM

I know that Brass is suffers from corrosion less than copper because the zinc forms an oxide layer at the surface, which is very unreactive.

Howerver, I'm not sure of it's effect on galvanic corrosion.

8-ball

surlyjoe · 05-28-2003, 07:05 AM

almost any dissimilar metals will react to tap water

Balinju · 05-28-2003, 07:39 AM

i need to ask a question, maybe 8-ball knows the answer or someone who studied some chemistry, is brass for example or any other alloy a mixture of 2 metals or is it a compoud???

hara · 05-28-2003, 08:44 AM

Brass is an alloy, not a compound. That is why it lends some properties of zinc and some properties of copper. Brass can also be separated into zinc and copper.

Have you ever seen aluminium barbs available? These would be suitable for Al blocks.

MadDogMe · 05-28-2003, 09:41 AM

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Damn that place is so full of people who know jack and don't mind spreading it. Please don't let this place become like that!

I think it already has...

jaydee · 05-28-2003, 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by MadDogMe
I think it already has...

Thanks to people like you who encourage it. Reread the thread over there again this morning. It is amazing to see the ignorance from senior members. BigBen2k now got attacked because one of their more intelegent members somehow mistaken him for me?

Thanks MadDog for continuing your do-gooder wantabe BS over actually giving a usefull comment. Oh yeah you don't understand what that means, forgot.... It is people like you why overclockers has become the joke it is becoming! If we don't make it clear why people are wrong, then they will aways be wrong. Sorry, life's sucks that way.

Balinju · 05-28-2003, 10:15 AM

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Originally posted by hara
Brass is an alloy, not a compound. That is why it lends some properties of zinc and some properties of copper. Brass can also be separated into zinc and copper.

so you are saying that it is a mixture, hmmm, very interesting

bigben2k · 05-28-2003, 10:18 AM

Given the average age over there, I find that you have to stick to one-liners, because they don't have the attention span. I should know, I've got two of them roaming the house!

That pump comment was clearly uneducated: he'd use anything to attack someone.

pHaestus · 05-28-2003, 10:35 AM

looks like decent links were posted there. Too bad the thread starter had to go out and dig them up rather than having them supplied by anyone on either side of that argument.

Shutting this thread dowen; not interested in an "OCers forum bashing session. Take it to the streets or something

05-27-2003, 11:25 PM	#1
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Brass doesn't react with aluminum! Hey, don't take my word for it!!! This comes from a guy with over 2,800 posts at www.overclockers.com!!! http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...hreadid=199200 I swore I would never post again there but I had to jump in. Being he is a "senior member" and I am the newb and all, I didn't see it much of an issue to be blunt. Damn that place is so full of people who know jack and don't mind spreading it. Please don't let this place become like that!

05-28-2003, 02:19 AM	#2
8-Ball Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oxford University, UK Posts: 452	I know that Brass is suffers from corrosion less than copper because the zinc forms an oxide layer at the surface, which is very unreactive. Howerver, I'm not sure of it's effect on galvanic corrosion. 8-ball __________________ For those who believe that water needs to travel slowly through the radiator for optimum performance, read the following thread. READ ALL OF THIS!!!!

05-28-2003, 07:39 AM	#4
Balinju Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 495	i need to ask a question, maybe 8-ball knows the answer or someone who studied some chemistry, is brass for example or any other alloy a mixture of 2 metals or is it a compoud??? __________________ So the bullet proof vest aint a $hit when d laser is pointed to your head Kid

05-28-2003, 08:44 AM	#5
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	Brass is an alloy, not a compound. That is why it lends some properties of zinc and some properties of copper. Brass can also be separated into zinc and copper. Have you ever seen aluminium barbs available? These would be suitable for Al blocks. __________________ - Every great HD crash day is the day before back-up day. - My Past System - "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - Milton, Paradise Lost. - FMZ

05-28-2003, 10:18 AM	#9
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Given the average age over there, I find that you have to stick to one-liners, because they don't have the attention span. I should know, I've got two of them roaming the house! That pump comment was clearly uneducated: he'd use anything to attack someone. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

05-28-2003, 07:05 AM	#3
surlyjoe Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 38	almost any dissimilar metals will react to tap water

05-28-2003, 10:35 AM	#10
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	looks like decent links were posted there. Too bad the thread starter had to go out and dig them up rather than having them supplied by anyone on either side of that argument. Shutting this thread dowen; not interested in an "OCers forum bashing session. Take it to the streets or something

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