[Fot] Aluminum Radiators and Electrolysis

[chasgee at aol.com]

That makes sense in that magnesium is more active than zinc.  Its not a linear scale, but the further apart the two metals, the better. 
 
 
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From: cak at dimebank.com
To: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Aluminum Radiators and Electrolysis


> there isn't much difference between zinc and aluminum with respect to
> the galvanic series, so I suspect that a sacrificial zinc annode would 
> not be very effective.

Quite possible. The vintage Ferrari guys (with mostly aluminum blocks but brass
radiators) use magnesium alloys for the sacrificial anode.
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