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Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise

Subject: Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise
From: Josh Putnam <josh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:21:46 -0800
Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>I've read that carbon fibre is about 1/2 the weight of aluminum in a 
>similar application. Titanium is 25 0.000000e+00avier than aluminum. In resin, 
>it's 
>probably not conductive, so could serve as a substrate for circuits.

At least in bicycle frames, CF proved conductive enough to cause
electrolysis failures in early CF/aluminum frames.  I don't
recall how this was resolved, but it's not a problem on current
commercial CF/aluminum frames as far as I know.

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