Comment on Can acidic and carbonated drinks corrode aluminium bottles?
finestnothing@lemmy.world 1 year agoThe yellowish color isn’t lining, lining is only in aluminum cans because it’s cheaper and easier than using thicker aluminum and is usually clear (unless stained). The lining is what gives the cans structure, usually made of epoxy and/or bpa plastic. Without the lining, you can tear a soda can like double thick tin foil. No need for lining in a steel bottle.
The yellow/golden color on the inside of your bottle is just the metal being stained. Stainless steel isn’t really stainless, just harder to stain because the chromium in it forms its own layer of oxidation that protects from being directly touched. Best guess is that the lemon you put in your water breaks down that oxidation layer before you can drink enough, then the lemon and vitamins/minerals/coloring in the tablets stain the metal
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is completely false. The lining is so the metal can’t be broken down by whatever is in it. Without it contaminants can leach into the product, or even dissolve the can.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
in some cosmic sense yeah there will be equilibrium after some time but most of the time it’s just called “corrosion”
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I believe the distinction is necessary, corrosion would be the entire bottle “dissolving” which wouldn’t happen with water. With leaching only a few elements would transfer.
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
What? Corrosion is the surface oxidizing, not the entire thing dissolving.