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Alright thanks and just one more question, Can I mix copper and silver or would it result in the same thing as Nickel and silver?

Copper and silver is fine.

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Don't mix nickel and silver.

Instead of using a killcoil buy some watercooling fluid that already contains biocide.

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2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Don't mix nickel and silver.

Instead of using a killcoil buy some watercooling fluid that already contains biocide.

Alright thanks and just one more question, Can I mix copper and silver or would it result in the same thing as Nickel and silver?

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Just now, Adriel Ramirez said:

Alright thanks and just one more question, Can I mix copper and silver or would it result in the same thing as Nickel and silver?

Copper and silver is fine.

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13 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Don't mix nickel and silver.

Instead of using a killcoil buy some watercooling fluid that already contains biocide.

What?  Nickel and silver are closer together on the anodic index than silver and copper.  Aluminum is way far away in comparison.

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While copper and silver are seen as compatible metals, you should consider getting a corrosion inhibitor as well (there are other metals in the system such as in the pump). I would recommend a pre-mix fluid that have well-documented non-metal based chemical biocide, inhibitors and dyes (if you're into that stuff) like the EK-CryoFuel

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3 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

What?  Nickel and silver are closer together on the anodic index than silver and copper.  Aluminum is way far away in comparison.

Google "nickel and silver corrosion"

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42 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Google "nickel and silver corrosion"

I can't really find any references beyond EK sucking 5 years ago with their nickel plating process and trying to blame everything else when no no other companies had issues with their nickel blocks o.O

 

I hate this rabbit hole.  Every time I go down it you can find every combination of Water / PTNuke / Silver / Copper / Nickel and someone having problems with it.  

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2 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

I can't really find any references beyond EK sucking 5 years ago with their nickel plating process and trying to blame everything else when no no other companies had issues with their nickel blocks o.O

 

I hate this rabbit hole.  Every time I go down it you can find every combination of Water / PTNuke / Silver / Copper / Nickel and someone having problems with it.  

Koolance says that mixing nickel and silver is not good, so I would rather not risk it and just buy good watercooling fluid with biocide instead.

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