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Cathodic protection - attach a piece of zinc
Cathodic protection - pass electric current through it - take care this is an industrial method only for protecting pipelines etc.
Galvanizing
Painting
Wax/oil/grease
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What protects iron from rusting if attached?
Paint or enamel can protect iron from rusting.
Why is galvinising used?
to protect iron (or other metals from rusting).
Which metals can be used to protect iron from rusting and how?
Try covering it in Zinc
Why do you need to protect iron from rusting?
Otherwise the iron will rust and eventually disintegrate and become unusable
What metal is user to galvanize iron to protect it from rusting?
This metal is zinc (Zn).
What are the elements is used to protect iron from rusting and has good electrical conductivity?
ZINC :)
What is one kind of an atom used to protect iron atoms from rusting?
Cobalt and Thorium
What cause zinc to rust?
Zinc doesn't rust; zinc protect iron (and alloys) from rusting.
Iron can be galvanised by coating it with zinc this can protect the iron by stopping it from rusting?
Zinc has a greater resistance to corrosion than iron does, however it will still eventually corrode away, leaving the iron surface exposed. Its main purpose is to prolong the resistance of iron by rusting instead of it.
Which one is a chemical change rusting of iron or melting of iron?
rusting of iron
How is bending different from iron rusting?
iron bending different from iron rusting
Why does Ashoka pillar not rust?
Ashoka pillar has a layer of crystalline iron hydrogen phosphate which protect it from rusting.
