Re: tin plating aluminum?

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1990 05:12

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In article <11050@frog.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>... the ad copy claimed that it "tends to plate any
>metal more active than tin", so I wonder if it will work on aluminum (though
>I suppose the oxide coating is likely to defeat this...

Aluminum is actually a fiercely active metal, but that oxide coating is
(partly as a result!) just about the stubbornest protective layer you
can imagine.  I don't think it will work.
-- 
1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready|     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

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Subject: Re: tin plating aluminum?
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