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Offline Koutis12696

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Chemicals that corrode metals?
« on: April 18, 2020, 06:38:19 PM »
Hi.. Im doing a university paper on corrosiv chemicals when there applyed to metal, and would like to demonstrate a practical with the class.. The metals i will be attempting to corrode will be! 1. Galvanize steel 2. Steel 3. Iron 4. Aluminium 5. Copper. I will be needing to use more house hold chemicals E.G. Bleach, fertilizer.. Stuff like that! i know bleach will corrode galvanize steel! And ive heard from a friend that copper sulphate & phosphric acid cu3(Po4)2 will corrode most metals is this viable?? If so which chemicals would i be best to use? TIA

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Re: Chemicals that corrode metals?
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2020, 05:14:32 PM »
Under household compounds, you have acids to remove scale, bases to decompose organic leftovers in drains.

"Aluminium" isn't accurate enough. Depending on the alloy, the corrosion behaviour will differ a lot. "Iron" is ambiguous too: it could be pure iron or cast iron.

Don't mix bleach with other compounds.

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