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Re:Aluminum foil (2021) by Perz1val on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:40PM (#48807973)
I put aluminium foil over a bowl of pizza dough, as it grew the top touched the foil and in a few spots tiny holes appeared in the foil. I wonder if it was carbonic acid or what
Re:Aluminum foil (2021) by manwe150 on Monday July 06, 2026 @03:10PM (#48809121)
It probably formed a weak battery electrode with the bowl and electro-deposited it on the substrate (pizza). Happens often with tomato sauces, like lasagnas.
Re:Aluminum foil (2021) by kragen on Monday July 06, 2026 @03:34PM (#48809428)
Oh, thanks! You are surely correct; I was puzzled about how something as relatively inert as pizza dough could corrode aluminum at multiple microns per hour, but electrolysis can definitely do that.