Corrosion

1. Is the electrical circuit in a corrosion reaction AC or DC

Ans: DC
2. Does the corrosion occurs at the cathode or at the anode
Ans: Anode
3. Name the 3 factors needed for corrosion to occur
Ans: Anode, Cathode, electrolyte
4. what is meant by the term of electrolyte
Ans: An electrolyte is substance which will conduct a current and broken by it (dissociate
into ions). Water is the most abundant electrolyte and also very efficient.
5. what is the corrosion
Ans: Degradation of metal chemical or electrochemical means is known as corrosion
6. In corrosion circuit do electrons flow from anode to cathode
Ans: NO, In the circuit, electrons flow from cathode to anode.
8. Which is more noble metal, steel or Aluminium
Ans : steel
9. Which is more electronegative, steel or Aluminium
Ans: Aluminium
10. If steel and copper were in contact in an electrolyte which would corrode.
Ans: steel
11. Name two common hydroscopic salts
Ans: Sulphates and chlorides
12. Name three metals used as sacrificial electrodes on steel pipe lines
Ans: Mg, Al, Zn
13. What is the approximate thickness of mill scale
Ans: 25 to 100 Microns
14. Which of two metals would corrode if steel and zinc were coupled
Ans: Zinc
15. Which other names related to the galvanic list
Ans: electromotive force series or electro chemical series
16. In which environments are you likely to encounter chloride salts

Ans: Marine environments

17. Which three compounds together form a mill scale
Ands : wustite, Feo,Martensite, Hematite
18. If Mg is coupled with Zn, which would corrode
Ans: Mg
19. In which environment would sulphate salts be found
Ans: Industrial area and some times agricultural
20. What is an osmotic blister
Ans : when salts are present on a substrate and coating is applied over them water will be
drawn through the film and resulting solution build up a pressure under the film eventually
the film is forced up to form blisters. These blisters are called osmotic or hygroscope
hygroscopic blisters.
21. What is an ion
Ans: An ion is a charged particle and can be positive or negative
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23. Is an anode positive or negative
Ans: positive
24. Can corrosion occur without an electrolyte
Ans: no
25. Name a subatomic particle
Ans: electrons, protons, Neutrons
26. What is mill scale and when and where does occur
Ans: oxides of Iron form very quickly at temperatures in excess of 580 degree centigrade,
Feo,Fe3O4 , Fe2o3 , These oxides are compressed during rolling operation to produce mill
scale. The mill scale produced on the surface during rolling operation when steel rolled above
580degree centigrade.
27. Name three factors, which can accelerate corrosion reactions
Ans: 1. Hotter the steel faster the corrosion will occur
2. Hygroscopic salts
3. Acids and Alkalis
28. Why is considered essential to remove mill scale prior to painting
Ans : From Galvanic list the mill scale is immediately above steel, this means that mill scale
is cathodic to steel and of left on the surface of the steel will accelerate the corrosion of steel
substrate.

29. Why does an uncoated steel plate corrode

Ans: The uncoated steel plate is corroded because the formation of an
a. electrical circuit
b. chemical reaction
30. If corrosion occurs at anode areas, why does steel corrode evenly all over the surface
Ans: when the surface the steel is becomes anode, the surface of the steel corrodes evenly.