Topic: Corrosion of metal (Read 3712 times)

higherjmforever · « **on:** September 03, 2011, 09:48:01 PM »

I need a plausable scenario in which a strong acid, such as hydrochloric or sulfuric acid, would corrode some type of metal.

Schrödinger · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2011, 11:57:45 PM »

Look up the reactivity series. Any metal above hydrogen can displace it as H₂ from the acid, i.e., the metal can be corroded by the acid

vmelkon · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:48:55 AM »

I need a plausable scenario in which a strong acid, such as hydrochloric or sulfuric acid, would corrode some type of metal.

Some guy at a factory slips on a banana peel and lands in a tub full of acid and dies. The acid corrodes his watch.

fledarmus · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:15:12 PM »

A bronze statue gets rained on downwind of a power plant burning a particularly sulfurous coal.

Fluoroantimonicacid · « **Reply #4 on:** September 09, 2011, 04:50:47 AM »

Scenario :d
Student coated with iron boils sulfuric acid in a capped flask, sulfuric acid splashes on him and corrodes the iron coating. ehehe

fledarmus · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2011, 08:04:06 AM »

Large bladders full of sulfuric acid are thrown by catapult at an advancing army of armored men?

Cavillus · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2011, 04:09:09 AM »

Well, a simple but extremely real scenario is the acid rain one, where nitric and sulfurous acid from the rain corrode statues, gates, etc.