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In addition, a dissimilar metal may be purposely used as a \u2018sacrificial anode\u2019. This is done by purposely creating a corrosive situation where the metal being corroded faster is simply a meaningless block of metal (often zinc) thus resulting in the important materials corroding more slowly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galvanic corrosion occurs when dissimilar metals are in electrical contact in water, especially salt water. 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