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- Jun 6, 2019
Dear other members,
I know that more reactive metals such as zinc and magnesium have been used on boats to prevent the ship from rusting, and was just wondering if a similar thing could be used with blades.
I currently own carbon fibre boots, and the only downside I'm having is screws corrode faster due to: "Carbon fibers in CFRPs cause this material to become electrically conductive. The carbon fibers are electrically conductive and electrochemically very noble. Therefore, when a metal is electrically connected to a CFRP, it is more susceptible to galvanic corrosion."
(Couldn't explain it very well so just copied explanation from a website)...
I was just wondering if it might be possible to just strips of zinc or magnesium to allow them to be a sacrificial metal, and rust instead of the screws. I heard of people using this for Chef's knifes so the idea just popped into my head,
Thanks,
Kolyadafan
I know that more reactive metals such as zinc and magnesium have been used on boats to prevent the ship from rusting, and was just wondering if a similar thing could be used with blades.
I currently own carbon fibre boots, and the only downside I'm having is screws corrode faster due to: "Carbon fibers in CFRPs cause this material to become electrically conductive. The carbon fibers are electrically conductive and electrochemically very noble. Therefore, when a metal is electrically connected to a CFRP, it is more susceptible to galvanic corrosion."
(Couldn't explain it very well so just copied explanation from a website)...
I was just wondering if it might be possible to just strips of zinc or magnesium to allow them to be a sacrificial metal, and rust instead of the screws. I heard of people using this for Chef's knifes so the idea just popped into my head,
Thanks,
Kolyadafan