Quizzical Pursuit
The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #273
Question
If you used aluminum screws to attach two brass elements in a shower room you are likely to have galvanic action, or corrosion over time in one of the metals. Which will tend to corrode, the aluminum or the brass?
Answer
The aluminum is the less “noble” of the two metals and is likely to corrode if there is enough moisture in the environment.
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2006, Dave Guadagni.
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Luxury shower of glass, marble, and brass.
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