Frank Grunthaner wrote: > The summary, Copper in a cooling circuit with Aluminum and steel will > corrode. The rate could be negligible (higher probability of personal meteor > strike than damaging corrosion of Cu component in 5 years or less). > Alternative is thick film hydrophobic film as I mentioned in an earlier post. Are you saying that the copper itself would corrode? I had assumed that copper as the less active metal would protect itself by promoting the corrosion of the aluminum, etc. Larry A. |
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