Question

Machines made from iron should be protected from rust by coating them with

Answer 1

Answer: The iron or steel object is coated in a thin layer of zinc. This stops oxygen and water reaching the metal underneath but the zinc also acts as a sacrificial metal . Zinc is more reactive than iron, so it oxidises in preference to the iron object.

Answer 2

We coat them with zinc. In one word called galvanization.

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