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Why does corrosion takes place?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Corrosion is a chemical reaction between metal and some corrosive agent found in the atmosphere, usually oxygen or sulfur dioxide. Iron is a chemically active element, which is usually found as an ore (not counting meteorites); we refine it for our purposes, but in doing so we are creating a chemically unstable substance, in an environment that has a chemically active atmosphere.

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