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Today I found the best emo band name ever. Ready? Sacrificial Anode.
sacrificial anode: a metallic anode used in cathodic protection where it is intended to be dissolved to protect other metallic components. The more active metal corrodes first (hence the term "sacrificial") and generally must oxidize nearly completely before the less active metal will corrode, thus acting as a barrier against corrosion for the protected metal.
It's basically the chemical equivalent of a cutter. That is what I learned today at work by reading the manual that came with the bolts and stuff the construction workers are using (also if you want to repel chloride nickle is your bitch). Shut up. Reading technical manuals is actually sort of cool. Mostly at work I sit in the pick-up truck and read Tolstoy's short stories (and they're actually short! shock!) or make sure the donuts don't blow away. The rest of the time I expect to be killed at any moment as I traipse around lanes of the Dunn Memorial Bridge (the one between Albany and the train station) with traffic whooshing all around me to grab traffic cones or drive pick up trucks over this same bridge at 20mph with the seat still set for a 6ft2 man. The tragic death you will hear about on the news any day now was me. Especially if the bridge catches on fire.
Why this post is public and probably confusing anyone who stumbles across my LJ: You should all join letters_xcore! I'm advertising it! And now that you've seen how stunningly interesting I am I'm sure you want to write letters in a shared cyber-space with me! Go! Join! Unless you're a jerk. Then just go away. Uh, this is especially applicable to Devin&Cari since I meant to invite you since you were in the old one and you guys are pretty. And stuff.
sacrificial anode: a metallic anode used in cathodic protection where it is intended to be dissolved to protect other metallic components. The more active metal corrodes first (hence the term "sacrificial") and generally must oxidize nearly completely before the less active metal will corrode, thus acting as a barrier against corrosion for the protected metal.
It's basically the chemical equivalent of a cutter. That is what I learned today at work by reading the manual that came with the bolts and stuff the construction workers are using (also if you want to repel chloride nickle is your bitch). Shut up. Reading technical manuals is actually sort of cool. Mostly at work I sit in the pick-up truck and read Tolstoy's short stories (and they're actually short! shock!) or make sure the donuts don't blow away. The rest of the time I expect to be killed at any moment as I traipse around lanes of the Dunn Memorial Bridge (the one between Albany and the train station) with traffic whooshing all around me to grab traffic cones or drive pick up trucks over this same bridge at 20mph with the seat still set for a 6ft2 man. The tragic death you will hear about on the news any day now was me. Especially if the bridge catches on fire.
Why this post is public and probably confusing anyone who stumbles across my LJ: You should all join letters_xcore! I'm advertising it! And now that you've seen how stunningly interesting I am I'm sure you want to write letters in a shared cyber-space with me! Go! Join! Unless you're a jerk. Then just go away. Uh, this is especially applicable to Devin&Cari since I meant to invite you since you were in the old one and you guys are pretty. And stuff.