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Default Electrolytic rust removal question

Do a google search on electrolysis, and you'll find quite a bit of info.
Here's one particular article written by a friend of mine - Richard
Angelico of New Orleans, La. He is a fellow relic-hunter who finds quite a
bit of good 'ole Civil War ordinance - specifically - he finds a good many
bombs and cannonballs.

He uses 316 stainless for his anode... and his results are fantastic.

Link to his article:
http://www.troycustomdetectors.com/s...ctrolysis.html

Rex S.

Mark Rand wrote in
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:44:15 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


From my reading about the process (and I know little about
electrochemistry myself), it appears there is no erosion of metal
involved at all, on either side. That's why I question the idea that
stainless causes a problem.

Ed Huntress


I have used stainless because I have some sheet which is about the
right size. I have neither seen or measured any loss from the
stainless anode although it is very obvious (from current variations)
that one must run with reverse polarity regularly to de-polarize the
anode. I imagine that carbon would not suffer from this problem???

Mark Rand
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