• Liz
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    27 months ago

    Yeah but like, in order to get significant amounts of it you gotta be in a relatively harsh environment.

    • @Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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      57 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
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        17 months ago

        Yeah I imagine you would. Salty water loves to eat things up.

      • Liz
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        37 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
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          27 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

    • @the_third@feddit.de
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      17 months ago

      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.

      • Liz
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        17 months ago

        Yeah that’s true, metal to metal contacts can have some fun interactions.