The photo shows how to use common plumbing parts to join a new ball valve and a flexible stainless steel connector to steel pipe. Coat all threaded pipe connections with pipe thread compound before assembly. The valve shown has 1/2-in. gas pipe threads on both sides.
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Get priceFeb 11, 2008· 2005. A. LOL, hello guys I'm a licensed pipefitter/plumber/gas technician, personally I've never seen a copper pipe being corroded by the gas itself. Corrosion is usually the cause of what's in the oxygen we breathe, and/or the mixture of different metallic fittings -- and to use copper tubing with just regular solder is totally forbidden here in Canada, only silver solder is permitted.
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Get priceStainless steel has an effective passive film so the available corrosion current able to be carried by charged atoms (ions) is quite low. If the behaviour of a copper/steel and a stainless steel/steel couple is compared, the copper/steel coupling is a more significant galvanic problem despite the similar potential separation of 0.35 volts.
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