Question

define corrosion and explain how corrosion takes place in copper.​

Answer 1

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Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable form such as oxide, hydroxide, or sulfide. It is the gradual destruction of materials by chemical and/or electrochemical reaction with their environment.

Corrosion takes place when an element that is readily susceptible to losing its electrons (like many of your favorite metals) is exposed to an element with a tendency of absorbing extra electrons (oxygen) and an electrolyte solution (water). This accelerates the transfer of electrons from the metal to oxygen.

Answer 2

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Corrosion is usually defined as the degradation of metals due to an electrochemical process. The oxidation-reduction reactions of copper metal in the environment occur in several steps. ... Copper metal is oxidized to copper(I) oxide (Cu2O), which is red, and then to copper(II) oxide, which is black

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