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This is all very interesting. Copaslip, it would seem, is fine. In fact anything is better than nothing!I thought Nickelslip wasn't available because of the fact that nickel is now very expensive (in fact I believe trading in Nickel is suspended).I was also told by someone else that Nickelslip was toxic (?) Matt
Quote from: Matt_Harrington on August 02, 2022, 09:27:28 AMThis is all very interesting. Copaslip, it would seem, is fine. In fact anything is better than nothing!I thought Nickelslip wasn't available because of the fact that nickel is now very expensive (in fact I believe trading in Nickel is suspended).I was also told by someone else that Nickelslip was toxic (?) MattYes, very specific uses eg stainless both bolt and nut as the stainless has very high chance of picking up and welding together under torque load. During tightening the bolt gets stretched with the nut compressing to give conflict with the two components as their thread pitch is changing in opposite direction to each other. Binding is fundamental to torque measurement too, correct lubrication is a fundamental part of working in this topic.Opposite to this is brass fitings on oxygen cylinders as you can't use grease for risk of explosion, all joints, in oxygen acetylene for example, are dry.N of course is the N-ickel in our new motive power of the future, batteries, in monumental quantities.