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Re: New Jersey Claims that Reefed Subway Cars Not Living Up to Expectations |
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Posted by Subterranean Railway on Fri Feb 6 20:39:08 2009, in response to Re: New Jersey Claims that Reefed Subway Cars Not Living Up to Expectations, posted by Fred G on Fri Feb 6 20:14:23 2009. There's still sufficient dissolved oxygen at the depth at which the cars are buried to facilitating rusting. Rusting can occur in relatively anoxic areas of the ocean; look at the Titanic wreck! This rusting is due to anaerobic iron-eating bacteria (Desulfovibrio vulgaris), which can also cause pretty severe corrosion (albeit at a much slower rate). Such bacteria use sulfates as oxidizers. |
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