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Sacrificial Anode	A metal, usually zinc in salt water or aluminum in fresh, affixed to the outside of a vessel intended to erode by galvanic electric current (caused by the immersion of dissimilar metals in water, much like a battery) so that useful metal parts are not corroded.

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