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Galvanic corrosion inconel/8630 1
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I completely agree with mcguire. Uncoated steel in a seawater environment will experience substantial corrosion. Adding a galvanic couple to a more noble metal like a nickel-based inconel alloy will only exacerbate the problem. You may need to look into a protective coating for the steel component, or consider making it out of something else.
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You should provide more information about function and service expectations. What is your reason for combining these metals?
At depths where oxygen content is very low, for example, this may pose no risk to either alloy (it obviously won't be a concern for the Nickel alloy). You do not say if the steel is coated - why would that not be the case anyway even if there was no dissimilar metal configuration?
At depths where oxygen content is very low, for example, this may pose no risk to either alloy (it obviously won't be a concern for the Nickel alloy). You do not say if the steel is coated - why would that not be the case anyway even if there was no dissimilar metal configuration?
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