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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1489232, member: 15199"]The environmental factors do not crawl around the inside of the box like little bugs, nor are they more attracted to any specific area, They are governed by the laws of physics as in diffusion. Diffusion says that the molecules will distribute themselves equally in an area ( as long as warmer than absolute zero ( -273 degrees centigrade) and if some are removed by combination with raw copper ( whether the Intercept (tm) material or my scuffed fresh cents) the remainder will redistribute themselves until in equal quantity. As an analogy, If you drain a pool of water of water with a few Large drains ( scrubbed coins) or with a lot of much smaller drains of the same total size ( intercept material) the end result will be the same. However the intercept (tm) is finite in it protective ability, can not be recharged ( but you can put in new cents) and is a set amount of protection ( you can add more coins if they all react quickly). </p><p><br /></p><p>It is chemistry and physics, and there is nothing special in the intercept material that actually "pulls" the sulfide, etc to it, it just sits there awaiting to be "bumped" by the sulfide substances. With the anode, you can see how fast it is occurring, replace or increase the protection, for "cents" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have nothing against intercept (tm) products, they work, they look good, and they are much more expensive than a few cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1489232, member: 15199"]The environmental factors do not crawl around the inside of the box like little bugs, nor are they more attracted to any specific area, They are governed by the laws of physics as in diffusion. Diffusion says that the molecules will distribute themselves equally in an area ( as long as warmer than absolute zero ( -273 degrees centigrade) and if some are removed by combination with raw copper ( whether the Intercept (tm) material or my scuffed fresh cents) the remainder will redistribute themselves until in equal quantity. As an analogy, If you drain a pool of water of water with a few Large drains ( scrubbed coins) or with a lot of much smaller drains of the same total size ( intercept material) the end result will be the same. However the intercept (tm) is finite in it protective ability, can not be recharged ( but you can put in new cents) and is a set amount of protection ( you can add more coins if they all react quickly). It is chemistry and physics, and there is nothing special in the intercept material that actually "pulls" the sulfide, etc to it, it just sits there awaiting to be "bumped" by the sulfide substances. With the anode, you can see how fast it is occurring, replace or increase the protection, for "cents" :) I have nothing against intercept (tm) products, they work, they look good, and they are much more expensive than a few cents. Jim[/QUOTE]
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