corrosion

bruins@indigo.ucdavis.edu
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:58:33 -0700

Hi everyone.
In the process of bringing up a 300 Mhz magnet we found severe corrosion
on the aluminum base plate were it mates to the stainless steel can. The
large Oring groove is mostly clean but the rest of the mating surfaces are
severely corroded. Also this corrosion has atleast transfered itself to
the stainless steel from which it is difficult to remove. Has anyone dealt
with this problem before without having to replace the complete bottom
plate. Any magic cleaning formulas perhaps? Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Paul Bruins UC Davis.