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Old 09-11-2010, 01:56 AM
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Default Re: Rust remover - more amazing uses!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Playing amateur chemist here, could it be that if the solution has absorbed so much iron from the derusting process, when you place a dissimilar metal like aluminum in it, it could cause an electrolytic action that eventually deteriorates the aluminum? </div></div>

Steve,
I think that an absorption of more iron oxide (it doesn't absorb iron) into the liquid would just slow down anything it could do. I don't know the chemical composition of this liquid, but it just seems to absorb oxides.

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