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Q: What type of reaction is occurring when a metal undergoes corrosion?
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What kind of reaction is the corrosion of a metal by an acid?

Corrosion is the type of reaction between metals and acids.


What metals are most affected and least affected by metal corrosion What causes metal corrosion Hows is metal corrosion caused by water and how is it related to it?

Corrosion is a chemical reaction; corrosion of iron is the reaction with water in the presence of oxygen. Metals as Pt, Au, Ta, Rh, Ru, etc are less sensible to corrosion.


When metal enters a chemical reaction what is it called?

The process called when metal is destroyed by a chemical reaction is called Corrosion. Electrochemical of oxidation of metals reacts with oxygen thus corrosion will occur on metals.


What is corrosive?

Corrosion is a chemical reaction in which molecules break down due to a chemical reaction with its surroundings. Most often, corrosion is the electro-chemical oxidation of a metal (such as iron "corroding" to form iron oxide, a.k.a. rust). Corrosion is deterioration of a substance, usually metal. Corrosion is slow and continuous eating away of metal by the surrounding.


What is the name for the reaction where metal loses its shine?

Corrosion/rust.


How corrosion takes place on iron?

Corrosion is the slow chemical change a metal undergoes when exposed to oxygen. The chemical change is the rust that forms on the metal. Iron is extremely susceptible to corrosion (rust). Corrosion can begin to form rust on iron right after the Ingots have cooled at the Foundry.


What are the 3 main causes of corrosion?

reaction of metal surface with oxygen (atmospheric generally )cause corrosion


Process in which metal is destroyed by a chemical reaction?

Corrosion or possibly rust.


What are the effects of oxidation reaction in our daily life?

corrosion of metal substances


What is the process called when a metal is destroyed by a chemical reaction?

The process called when metal is destroyed by a chemical reaction is called Corrosion. Electrochemical of oxidation of metals reacts with oxygen thus corrosion will occur on metals.


What change undergoes chemical change?

For example a chemical reaction with an alkali metal.


Corrosion is the reaction of a metal with nitrogen in the air?

No corrosion is not a reaction of a metal with nitrogen in the air. Nitrogen in relatively innert and will not normally form chemical compounds. It is the Oxygen in the air that causes the corrosion.