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Why can't stainless steel be put together with carbon steel tube?

Why can't stainless steel be put together with carbon steel tube?

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Stainless steel can not be put together with carbon steel because of galvanic corrosion
The bimetallic corrosion is terminated only when one of the three conditions is changed. Galvanic corrosion is related to the contact area of bimetal and the greater the contact area. Corrosion is less. The driving force of galvanic corrosion is the potential difference.[galvanic corrosion] refers to two or more than two kinds of electrode potential of metal in the corrosive medium, and contact with each other caused by electrochemical corrosion, also known as contact corrosion or double metal corrosion.
1, the potential difference is: potential "stainless steel tube" and the negative potential "carbon steel" coupled "stainless steel", "a cathode carbon steel tube" is anode potentials of the two difference the greater the galvanic corrosion is bigger.2. An electronic passage formed by wire connection or direct contact. The carbon in the carbon steel tube loses its electrons to the stainless steel tube and the surface is absorbed by the etchant.3. Electrolyte: the contact area of two metals is covered or submerged by electrolyte. The iron in the carbon tube loses electrons to form ions into the solution, and the electrons on the surface of the stainless steel tubes are taken away by the corrosive agents in the electrolyte (such as oxygen in the air). Electrolytes become ionic channels.

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