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To: Red Badger

Cool stuff. But what about corrosion in the Magnesium substrate? That is a really weak point with Magnesium. Not at all rare on the earth (and in sea water), but all in a oxidized state. “Rusts” like a SOB, if you will.


19 posted on 12/23/2015 12:56:27 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: USMCPOP

Manages a passivation similar to aluminum.

https://www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com/discovery-of-stainless-magnesium-could-herald-transport-revolution/


59 posted on 12/26/2015 10:26:26 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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