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Old 05-13-2010, 02:59 PM
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Oxidisation...
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Originally Posted by tobybul View Post
... Here's an interesting article on aluminum corrossion. I believe it states that corrossion on aluminum turns into aluminum oxide which hardens the surface which makes it even more corrossion resistant.

http://engineer.cmiwaterfront.com/whitepapers/aluminum_corrosion.pdf
Yep that's the way it goes with aluminium it doesn't flake like steel. A process called anodizing utilises this property to form a corrosion resistant covering on aluminium
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