[DeTomaso] Sacrificial Zinc anode

[Clark Family]

I think you meant Galvanic Series. Here is a chart of how much
dissimilar metals react with each other for the curious:

http://www.corrosionist.com/galvanic_corrosion_chart.htm

Notice that zinc and aluminum alloys are adjacent so those zinc
sacrificial radiator caps will not intentionally erode as well as a
magnesium slug would.

So watch those magnesium wheels clamped to iron hubs for powdery
corrosion. Galvanic corrosion is the one of the 3 reasons for using
anti-seize compounds (the other two are rust and galling).

Fun stuff,
Chris


On 1/29/2014 12:05 AM, jderyke at aol.com wrote:
> Absolutely true; no correction necessary, Mike. Google the
> 'Triboelectric Series' for more info than you want on the subject of
> dissimilar metals in a conductive fluid.
> Cheers- J Deryke
>