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A "corrosion battery".It's why old Landrovers fall to bits - the metals react like in your link, nowt to do with rust as people always think.
It's why some water systems, hot water tanks especially, contain a sacrificial anode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_anode