The object of his experiment was to testthe rate of corrosion of metals in fresh water, brine, and sea water, * These experiments were made with weigh-edpiecesof metal immersed in the three ...
There is slight corrosion on the normal nail and massive corrosion on the copper wrapped nail. Connecting a more reactive metal from higher in the series protects from corrosion. A lower (less ...
Other metals may oxidise more slowly. Gold and other very unreactive metals do not oxidise in air at all. Corrosion close corrosionWhen chemicals in the water dissolve minerals in the rocks ...