GM is going aluminum
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal Chevy and will GMC will going aluminum 4 years after Ford. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-readying-aluminum-body-trucks-032223285.html It wil...
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YOu can't buff the tailgate, CA will give you a ticket for blinding someone following you. Stupid law but that's why they have quilted aluminum doors on Great Dane Trailers.
Wes Tausend, Why do they use Titanium on airplanes if it isn't stronger and lighter than steel? I sure broke a lot of drill bits adn screwdriver bits on titanium. Also, I read an arcticle thant said Carbon Fiber was corrosive to any metal it touched due to dissimilar metal corrosion. The use of carbon-fiber composites with steel structures requires a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of galvanic corrosion. In theory, as long as two materials have not
contacted each other, a corrosion cell will not initiate. However,
in case of direct contact between carbon fibers and steel
in the presence of an electrolyte, the wet corrosion cell could
accelerate the corrosion of steel and create possible blistering
and subsequent delamination or debonding.
Probably why they don't use carbon fiber in vehicles that run down roads we salt and use calcium chloride on.
Wes Tausend, Why do they use Titanium on airplanes if it isn't stronger and lighter than steel? I sure broke a lot of drill bits adn screwdriver bits on titanium. Also, I read an arcticle thant said Carbon Fiber was corrosive to any metal it touched due to dissimilar metal corrosion. The use of carbon-fiber composites with steel structures requires a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of galvanic corrosion. In theory, as long as two materials have not
contacted each other, a corrosion cell will not initiate. However,
in case of direct contact between carbon fibers and steel
in the presence of an electrolyte, the wet corrosion cell could
accelerate the corrosion of steel and create possible blistering
and subsequent delamination or debonding.
Probably why they don't use carbon fiber in vehicles that run down roads we salt and use calcium chloride on.
