[rescue] Re: I joined the SGI cult... Zeitnet anyone?

[Kevin Loch]

I think it depends on the ammount of catalyst (water).

Dissimilar metals outdoors will corrode much faster than
indoors.

KL

Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> On February 4, Joshua Johnston wrote:
> > I don't know the technical reasons why the corrode off the top of my
> > head, but I do recall that being one of the few "Hey, I didn't know
> > that." Bits from my A+ study guide last year.  Something to do with the
> > electricity causing some kind of reaction between the metals or some
> > stuff like that.  If the tin's on the motherboard side, I'd play it
> > safe.  If on the RAM, well... depends on the price of replacing it in
> > five or ten years, which I'd guess people on -this- list might actually
> > care to think about.
> 
>   Well...dissimilar metals in contact corrode.  That's a fact of
> life.  But the question is how quickly.
> 
>     -Dave
> 
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> Dave McGuire
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