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Can any one help me show that the o 1

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kennair1

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Can any one help me show that the outer exposed aluminium on the CATV trunk cable is less corrosive than copper.

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Aluminum can be quite corrosion resistant in the right environment. I imagine you are talking about its use as a sheathing for buried cable in soil. It should be OK as long as there is not a lot of chloride in the soil. It also depends upon the alloy, but you can be pretty sure that the cable or telephone company selected a pretty corrosion-resistant one (no Cu or Zn, low Fe) was chosen.
The aluminum is cheaper than copper and more resistant to rodents gnawing than lead.
 
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