I'm considering using some aluminium sheet as a capping for some brickwork - is there any chance of a reaction with the existing copper and lead on the roof? They won't be in physical contact but the water will run/drip from the aluminium onto the copper and lead roof.
Don't think aluminium is a good material for this otherwise it'd be more common. Zinc is usually considered the cheapest metal for this sort of use. Of course it could be due to the difficulties of jointing ally - it can't really be soldered or brazed at a reasonable cost - but it also tends to corrode quite badly in its natural state.
I'd say not, but aluminium suffers badly from slats..like wot leches out of brickwork, and indeed any other sorts of cheistry. Its fine if kept dry, and free from ions, but it is a highly reactive metal that depends on its ability to instantly form a tough oxide layer at the surface to protect it: anything that subverts that oxide layer, will kill it.
I fear there may be many things out there in your evironment that will.
Copper and lead are far less reactive. Despite it being an erler technology, there are, for example, many bronze swords in museums, but very few steel ones predating the `Conquest.
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