← Back to context Comment by echoangle 2 days ago It also helps that they are made from aluminum which doesn’t rust like iron does. 13 comments echoangle Reply hdrz 2 days ago It rusts just like iron, but the rust (AlOx, or alumina) stays bonded to the metal and actually protects it. lloeki 2 days ago Rust being literal Fe2O3 makes a convincing argument that aluminium sure oxidises but doesn't rust pretty much by definition ;) wongarsu 2 days ago In other words: it rusts, but it doesn't rust like iron. It rusts in a much less destructive way because the aluminum oxide protects the rest of the aluminum from oxygen redeeman 1 day ago it does not rust, it corrodes :) euroderf 2 days ago And epoxy binds to aluminum just fine ? Epoxy is weird. What solid material does it NOT bond to ? AlotOfReading 2 days ago Polyethylene, like they use in food containers. Virtually nothing sticks to it unless specifically designed. mjanx123 2 days ago It does not bond to polypropylene and other low surface energy plastics psd1 1 day ago Terminology question - I understood those to be "high-energy" surfaces, because the chains are strongly bound. Is it a typo, or am I wrong? 1 reply → ridgeguy 2 days ago Teflon. cen0b 2 days ago Yummy, my favorite! 2 replies →
hdrz 2 days ago It rusts just like iron, but the rust (AlOx, or alumina) stays bonded to the metal and actually protects it. lloeki 2 days ago Rust being literal Fe2O3 makes a convincing argument that aluminium sure oxidises but doesn't rust pretty much by definition ;) wongarsu 2 days ago In other words: it rusts, but it doesn't rust like iron. It rusts in a much less destructive way because the aluminum oxide protects the rest of the aluminum from oxygen redeeman 1 day ago it does not rust, it corrodes :)
lloeki 2 days ago Rust being literal Fe2O3 makes a convincing argument that aluminium sure oxidises but doesn't rust pretty much by definition ;)
wongarsu 2 days ago In other words: it rusts, but it doesn't rust like iron. It rusts in a much less destructive way because the aluminum oxide protects the rest of the aluminum from oxygen redeeman 1 day ago it does not rust, it corrodes :)
euroderf 2 days ago And epoxy binds to aluminum just fine ? Epoxy is weird. What solid material does it NOT bond to ? AlotOfReading 2 days ago Polyethylene, like they use in food containers. Virtually nothing sticks to it unless specifically designed. mjanx123 2 days ago It does not bond to polypropylene and other low surface energy plastics psd1 1 day ago Terminology question - I understood those to be "high-energy" surfaces, because the chains are strongly bound. Is it a typo, or am I wrong? 1 reply → ridgeguy 2 days ago Teflon. cen0b 2 days ago Yummy, my favorite! 2 replies →
AlotOfReading 2 days ago Polyethylene, like they use in food containers. Virtually nothing sticks to it unless specifically designed.
mjanx123 2 days ago It does not bond to polypropylene and other low surface energy plastics psd1 1 day ago Terminology question - I understood those to be "high-energy" surfaces, because the chains are strongly bound. Is it a typo, or am I wrong? 1 reply →
psd1 1 day ago Terminology question - I understood those to be "high-energy" surfaces, because the chains are strongly bound. Is it a typo, or am I wrong? 1 reply →
It rusts just like iron, but the rust (AlOx, or alumina) stays bonded to the metal and actually protects it.
Rust being literal Fe2O3 makes a convincing argument that aluminium sure oxidises but doesn't rust pretty much by definition ;)
In other words: it rusts, but it doesn't rust like iron. It rusts in a much less destructive way because the aluminum oxide protects the rest of the aluminum from oxygen
it does not rust, it corrodes :)
And epoxy binds to aluminum just fine ? Epoxy is weird. What solid material does it NOT bond to ?
Polyethylene, like they use in food containers. Virtually nothing sticks to it unless specifically designed.
It does not bond to polypropylene and other low surface energy plastics
Terminology question - I understood those to be "high-energy" surfaces, because the chains are strongly bound. Is it a typo, or am I wrong?
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Teflon.
Yummy, my favorite!
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