Questions tagged [corrosion]
For questions about the process of corrosion or protection of metals from corrosion.
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Why are bases corrosive?
If I understand correctly, an acid corrodes things because the hydronium ion attracts electrons away from whatever it is reacting with. Do bases corrode things in a similar manner? with the metal ...
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What materials can be used to store supercritical water
I am wondering which materials might be suitable to contain SCW (supercritical water). Here, we are assuming that the pressure is almost equal on the outside of the container than the inside. I have ...
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Creating Chloramines
I'm currently conducting some testing related to indoor pool environments.
Here I believe, airborne chloramines are responsible for stress corrosion cracking in austenitic stainless steels.
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Galvanic corrosion between copper, silver, nickel, and chrome plated brass
My PC uses a custom liquid cooling loop, in the loop currently I have copper (purity not specified by the manufacturer), silver (Nickel/.925 silver) and nickel plated brass fittings (no specifics from ...
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What is causing rust-like stains on my stainless steel appliances? [closed]
Two weeks ago we discovered that our new Kohler faucet was leaking under the sink in our lanudry room adjacent to our kitchen. We shut off the water and have not used the sink. It apparently was ...
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How can I accelerate iron corrosion in a way that simulates natural processes?
I am attempting to conduct a research project comparing the effect of various current levels on electrolytic rust removal. Somewhat ironically however, I need a way to induce corrosion in a ...
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Are there any real dangers to using lead fishing sinkers to hold a shower curtain in place?
I am hoping someone can help me consider if there are any factors that would make the use of lead fishing sinkers such as these in the shower risky enough to stop doing it. Specifically, they are ...
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Creating Oxalic Acid Gel for rust removal
While this question relates to an automotive application I consider that it is liable to be best asked on this site.
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I wish to create a low cost gel suitable for mixing with Oxalic acid to ...
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Sacrificial Electrodes on a Car?
I know that sacrificial electrodes are used on outboard motors and in other marine applications to reduce or eliminate corrosion from salt water, etc. Could pieces of zinc be attached to an ...
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Creating resilient (non-brittle non-water-soluble) verdigris (blue-green copper patina)
First off, I checked and there are indeed a number of questions on copper patinas, but none which deal with resilience.
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I own a number of copper writing utensils, which I'd like to get a nice ...
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Nichrome alloy corrosion at high temperature
We are currently using a nichrome (80/20) wire based heater to surround a sample chamber that we wish to heat by radiation. Maximum sample temperature is 400degC in an atmosphere of air that may be ...
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How easily should 304 stainless steel dissolve in a salt and hydrogen peroxide solution?
This is a simple question, although I don't have any exact numbers.
I was looking to buy a food-safe stainless steel sieve, and one of the reviewers showed the sieve they purchased heavily rusted and &...
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Why is nickel anticorrosive?
I've been looking into corrosion and common ways to prevent it. Pure nickel seems to be the main anticorrosive material to use, but I can't find a decent answer as to what it has/does that other ...
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How does alkaline pipe cleaner corrode plumbing?
The siphon of my bathroom sink was clogged up again, and I became curious on why it clogged up so quickly each time. So I decided to open the pipe and was shocked to see the plumbing like this:
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NiCr wire and water
Suppose I'm a very impatient person and I want to heat up water by getting rid of the layer of isolation between a NiCr wire and the water (e.g. skinny-dipping). The idea is that, since the wires can ...
