From: AFE12@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:27:52 EST
Subject: Galvanic corrosion
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So it comes down to the fact that if we bolt carbon components to big 
airframe structures but not small components.  This is how we have gotten 
away with it on airliners, we have a LOT of aluminum area.  We need to 
remember that the atmosphere is the dielectric and we will see slower 
corrosion in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico than Florida and the California 
coast.

Bolting sacrificial anodes (zincs) to all the little isolated aluminum pieces 
sounds good, you just have to accept the fact that they are there to corrode 
and need to be replaced.
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