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Ask HN: Why Are the Interior Surfaces of Aircraft Painted Green?
Why are the insides of aircraft surfaces painted that bilious green color? Is it an anti-corrosion thing? Or is it for some other reason?
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- zgniatacz 6y agozinc chromate
- gus_massa 6y ago> (strange link: seems to work only with copy and paste) It's a feature to discourage the submission of links inside questions, so the submitter does not have a pinned comment. But in some cases it is an antifeature. Clicky: https://glasair-owners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08_test_fitting_GlaStar_Aux_Tank_.jpg https://glasair-owners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08_tes... Also, "clicky" version of the comment by zgniatacz chttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_chromate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_chromate
- ratsmack 6y agoZinc chromate comes in various shades of green and yellow.
- steffan 6y agoTypically the green color is zinc chromate which is used to prevent or reduce corrosion on aluminum parts