Steel & Aluminum

GoodYautja

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I think I have heard somewhere about not using steel and aluminum together, for instance, using aluminum carabiners on steel D-rings. Is this correct? Is this specified in the manufacturers instructions? Is this in the ANSI? Just looking for the good info. Thanks people!
 
The above reference correctly states:
"The presence of an electrolyte and an electrical conducting path between the metals is essential for galvanic corrosion to occur."

An electrolyte is generally considered a solution (e.g. water, with ions).

Unless you store metal climbing gear in a moist condition, for a very, very long time, I can't see this as a real concern.
Plumbing systems erroneously assembled with dis-similar metals last for months or years in continuous contact.

Steel & aluminum are obviously different hardness's.
If the forces are high enough, deformation of the Al will occur.

My guess is that if it were Aluminum-to-Aluminum (same alloys & geometry) the deformation would be pretty equally distributed between the two.

Just inspect your gear & be observant.
 

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