Z06 Exhaust Tips, Are they Stainless........
10-04-2004, 12:50 PM
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Z06 Exhaust Tips, Are they Stainless........
Are the tips on the Stock Z06 Exhaust System Stainless Steel or are they Titanium? Can they be highly polished?
10-04-2004, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin21
Not sure either? I give mine a little rubbing with wadding polish about every other wash and they come out looking good.
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxidefilm on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium.
10-04-2004, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by LuS1fer
Yes, they are titanium and they don't polish up. The reason is that titanium has a natural resistance to corrosion which is achieved through a natural film of oxide which gives it that dull oxidised finish.
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxidefilm on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium.
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxidefilm on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium.
10-04-2004, 05:04 PM
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Yeah, what LuS1fer said, for the mufflers and pipes, but not for the tips. You can see that they are welded on and appear to be stainless steel. They do polish up with a good polish and some elbow grease, but not to a chrome-like shine.
10-04-2004, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LuS1fer
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface.
fifty-three words in a single sentence. I would like to see someone diagram that sentence. 
10-04-2004, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jsdanehy
fifty-three words in a single sentence. I would like to see someone diagram that sentence. 
I was an English major, but I ain't touchin' it....
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10-05-2004, 01:40 AM
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I wrote the first part. The other part was cut and pasted from an internet site. I was going to hack it down to an intelligible length but not being a metallurgist, I wouldn't know if a reducing environment was a critical aspect or not. LOL.
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Originally Posted by C5naples
Originally Posted by LuS1fer
Yes, they are titanium and they don't polish up. The reason is that titanium has a natural resistance to corrosion which is achieved through a natural film of oxide which gives it that dull oxidised finish.
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxidefilm on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium.
Wow! Great post , are you in the metal business?
Yes, they are titanium and they don't polish up. The reason is that titanium has a natural resistance to corrosion which is achieved through a natural film of oxide which gives it that dull oxidised finish.
Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) , Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particulary in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxidefilm on the metalsurface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxidefilm on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium.
Wow! Great post , are you in the metal business?
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