08-04-20, 10:07 PM
(08-04-20, 08:46 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: And why are stainless steel pipes rusting ?
Stainless steel is only corrosion *resistant*, despite what the name suggests.
The point of this, though, is to find out whether using Harpic is, in the long run, actually a good idea or a bad one. I believe that using a hydrochloric acid based cleaner will leave them more prone to corrosion after use, that's what I'm trying to test.
It has been pointed out elsewhere that, for instance, it won't be a perfect test because there won't be hot gases running through the pipes, but since all the pipes will be under the same conditions, thet shouldn't entirely nullify the results.
So what I'm looking for is for any other problems with the methodology of testing, rather than better techniques for cleaning them etc.
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