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Chemistry X | Metals and Non-metals | Prevention of Corrosion
Prevention of Corrosion The rusting of iron can be prevented by painting, oiling, greasing, galvanising, chrome plating, anodising or making alloys. Galvanisation is a method of protecting steel and iron from rusting by coating them with a thin layer of zinc. The galvanised article is protected against rusting even if the zinc coating is broken.…
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Chemistry X | Metals and Non-metals | CORROSION in Metals
CORROSION You have learnt the following about corrosion in Chapter 1 – Silver articles become black after some time when exposed to air. This is because it reacts with sulphur in the air to form a coating of silver sulphide. Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air and slowly loses its shiny brown…