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  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzAluminum
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    1 month ago

    Most cars are still steel. Source I work on cars in New England. So much rust, even on the ones with aluminum bodies, at least wherever it can touch a dissimilar metal and becomes a battery.

    And crucially the important parts that keep it from exploding (cylinder liners) and save you in a crash (crumple and bumper cores) are almost all steel. Because it deforms better with simpler engineering.

    See also iron brakes in most cars hardened steel bearings everywhere.


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