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I never encountered S or C as problems in Al. The problem with hydrogen is that it can cause porosity as it is dissolved in the molten Al and comes out as a gas during freezing. Engine blocks and heads are usually Si alloys ( 5 to 12 %) like the wheels. They may have some Cu to make it hardenable. I expect contamination problems would be more likely Fe and ...
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Yes, I agree you are getting hydrogen an oxygen as you expected.
However, the copper anode is undergoing anodic corrosion and forming CuO (which is characteristically black) and possibly also some Cu2O (yellow or red, depending on the size of the particles, where the color combination could be described as orange).
Now, in the presence of HCO3- and O2, a ...
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