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Re: corrosion joining steel to aluminum

To: toms@sharebase.com (Tom Sabo) (Tom Sabo)
Subject: Re: corrosion joining steel to aluminum
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 8:10:55 PST
> All this talk about riviting aluminum to steel frames and the
> corrosion that takes place prompts me to give advice (what, again!?)

> 2) Use aluminum rivets instead of steel because they won't
>       react with the aluminum panels.

Tom, won't the rivets themselves (where they make contact with
steel) corrode and fail?

BTW, here in salt free California I haven't had a problem with the
stainless steel rivets in my snake.  Obviously the real solution to this
problem is for everyone to move here.

Roland


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