Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 1996/05

From: mlfl%vax.ox.ac.uk@-----.BITNET
Subj: Re: Nickel plating
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 04:09:32 -0400

SCOTT M.
gALVANIZING works by setting up an electrochemical cell in which the zinc
actually corrodes in preference to the iron-containing material; when the zinc
is all gone, it starts rusting. ZInc in an alloy behaves in various ways
according to what state it is in.
Roger Shilcock