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Experiment 3. Metals and Some Aspects of Corrosion

The document discusses corrosion, defining it as a metal transforming into a more stable oxide through natural processes. It also differentiates between anodic and cathodic reactions and lists conditions for corrosion to occur. Finally, it provides three reasons why corrosion testing is conducted: to identify mechanisms, define material resistance, and estimate service life and prevention methods.

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Experiment 3. Metals and Some Aspects of Corrosion

The document discusses corrosion, defining it as a metal transforming into a more stable oxide through natural processes. It also differentiates between anodic and cathodic reactions and lists conditions for corrosion to occur. Finally, it provides three reasons why corrosion testing is conducted: to identify mechanisms, define material resistance, and estimate service life and prevention methods.

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Prelab Assignment 3. Metals and Some Aspects of Corrosion

1. Define corrosion.
- A refined metal is transformed into a more chemically stable oxide by the natural process of
corrosion.
2. Differentiate anodic reaction from cathodic reaction.
- The initial one is anodic reaction, in which a metal is oxidized and receives electrons. The second
reaction removes electrons from the metal through the reduction of a solution species, usually O 2
or H +.
3. What are the conditions for a corrosion to occur?
- Corrosion that attacks a metal structure's entire surface is known as general attack corrosion.
Chemical or electrochemical reactions are to blame. While general attack corrosion is a known and
foreseeable problem, it can nonetheless lead to a metal failing.
4. Give 3 reasons why corrosion test is conducted.
- Testing for corrosion is done for a variety of reasons, including: Identifying the mechanisms of
corrosion. defining corrosion resistance in materials and figuring out how to create new alloys with
corrosion resistance. estimating the equipment's service life. creating corrosion prevention
methods.
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Laboratory Report
Experiment 3. Metals and Some Aspects of Corrosion

Objectives
● Understand the corrosion process.
● Compare the corrosion rates of different metals and corrosion effects of different electrolytes.
● Develop powers of observation and reporting.

Data

Sampl Electrolyte Expl


e ana
tion
Iron nail in bleach solution Bleach solution is an electrolyte
more-must and formation is used which has an active
Iron Bleac like bunch of circles. ingredient of chemical-compound
nail h However iron nail is not called sodium-hypochlorite
soluti completely covered by must
on
Iron nail in salt solution is Salt solution is an electrolyte used
completely covered in by where in contains irons. Iron lose
Iron Salt must electrons
nail solution

Copper wire become tarnish


and color become blue-green.
Copper Bleac
h
soluti
on
Copper wire become shipper
and bleach solution cause
Copper Salt appearance of tiny blue-
solution green on its surface.

*Attach daily log and pictures of the set up.


Example of Daily Log

Metal sample: iron nail


Electrolyte: Bleach solution and salt solution

Date Observations of iron nail in bleach solution Observations of iron nail in salt solution

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