[TowerTalk] Iron <-> copper tinned : Redox reaction??

Beat Meier bmeier at infovia.com.ar
Thu Nov 23 20:03:05 EST 2006


Hello

I want connect my tower parts (6m each part) with a copper wire 35mm² 
each leg (3 legs).
How can I do that?
I get copper tinned stuff with bolts which can press the copper wire on 
one end and
at the other end I can put it to the iron tower and paint the whole stuff.
But my question is: Does the iron react with the tinned copper?
And more over: If I would use cadwelding which creates copper arround 
the connections
this really would react havely with iron ...

So what does you guys do to connect "something" to iron towers?
BTW: The iron is the same as used for rebar ...
Would it better to use some stuff of aluminium or stainless?

Other question for the chemicals: What is the clue with the chemical 
table of the elements i.e. which metals don't react with
others like Gold (Au), Silver(ag),  Copper (Cu)
This are all in the same column (11) but iron is in column 8  and Tin in 
column (14) so what chemical values are importend to see if there
is a redox reaction?

Thanks for any infos

Beat


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