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Location: Adelaide South Australia
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According to AI
"AI Overview
Stainless steel fasteners gall because their protective oxide layer scrapes away under friction and pressure. Without this barrier, the exposed, relatively soft base metals cold-weld together on a microscopic level. The threads seize and tear as they slide against each other."
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