a percussive drilling component includes a cylindrical male screw thread formed of a steel material . the thread includes thread crests and thread roots interconnected by thread flanks . to protect the thread against corrosion , the thread is coated with a material having a lower electrode potential than the steel material . the coating is situated at least in regions located radially inwardly of the thread flanks . the male screw thread can be attached to a female screw thread of another percussive drilling component , the female screw thread also being coated with the material .