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Define corrosion.

Define the following term:

Corrosion

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Solution 1

When a metal is attacked by substances around it, such as moisture, acids, etc., it is said to corrode, and this process is called corrosion.

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Solution 2

Corrosion is an electrochemical process in which a metal is oxidised to a metal oxide or another salt of the metal by losing electrons to oxygen or another electronegative element, forming a coating on the metal surface.

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