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Old 08-11-2012, 08:13 AM
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Default Crevice Corrosion

I've heard folks say that Stainless Steel will only suffer crevice corrosion in an oxygen-starved environment. Is this true? I had an SS wire-gate carabiner from Wichard that corroded most horribly where the gate met the body. It had hung in salt water for a spell, but was by no means oxygen-starved. Could it be that the two different stainless steels corroded each other galvanically?
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Ben
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