The housing is used in a semiconductor wafer manufacturing chemical process involving HCL and high temperatures, so the inside and outside need to be plated to prevent that process from causing corrosion.
The water is constantly flowing tap water. When this product goes into production it...
I have a water-cooled aluminum housing with internal water passages. The housing was plated internally and externally with nickel. After a few months the nickel is just peeling off the internal passages and they are badly corroded. The rest of the housing is fine.
The water is not...