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Yes I understand that entirely. My question wasn’t focused on that, but rather, literally, if a crankset seized from corrosion is a physics problem or a chemistry problem. Not sure why I was wondering as now that I’m typing it out it seems pretty clearly a chemistry problem as the elements in question undergo chemical changes. Guess I thought corrosion was a physical change when I asked, for some reason? I dunno.
Adhiero
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Greasing the taper isn't for corrosion protection, its to get the crank boss far enough up the taper with the available bolt preload to cause the flank pressure under no torque load to be sufficient to prevent its dropping to zero on the unloaded side under service torque load. That's a physics problem.
That common lubricants might also mitigate the chemistry problem of dissimilar metals being left in contact in the open environment for years is a side benefit.