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working on a brushless for my wheelchair.....
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01.12.2010, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by redshift
Every metal is porous, but only iron or certain iron-containing alloys will 'rust'.
Aluminum oxidizes, which is a protective layer actually. You can polish, sand it etc. and the oxide will immediately re-form.
So you can sort-of call oxidation "aluminum's rust" but it's only billionths of an inch thick, and will not corrode like iron will. It does corrode, but in a normal environment this will take decades or even centuries...
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I sit corrected! 
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It's "Dr. _paralyzed_" actually. Not like with a PhD, but Doctor like in Dr. Pepper.
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