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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

10-10-2017, 18:54

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Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

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Posted By a64pilot

Re: Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

Stainless is a very poor conductor of electricity, if pure copper is the standard and is a 100 on a scale, SS is about 2.5
https://eddy-current.com/conductivity-of-metals-sorted-by-resistivity/
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

08-10-2017, 18:15

Replies: 77

Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

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Posted By a64pilot

Re: Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

As far as recasting zincs, first there is a health issue as molten zinc gives off some kind of poisonous gas, but also the metal is a different alloy as I believe the zinc wastes away leaving behind...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

08-10-2017, 09:12

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Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

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Posted By a64pilot

Refurbishing a Zinc Anode

I don’t believe so, as long as the metal is there, there is protection.
However when most of the metal is gone, likely so is a lot of the protection.
If your really getting five years or so out...

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