APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Tutorial Sheet I: Corrosion

1. Give difference between :
a) Chemical and electrochemical corrosion
b) Galvanic series and Electrochemical series
c) Anodic and cathodic coating
d) Anodic protection and cathodic protection

2. Give reason for the following

a) Aluminium is highly electroactive but don’t corrode in dil. HNO3
b) Part of nail inside the wood undergoes corrosion.
c) Impure metal corrodes faster than pure one under identical conditions.
d) Rusting of iron is quicker in the saline water than in ordinary water.
e) Small anodic area results in intense corrosion.
f) Polarization helps to prevent corrosion..
3. Give examples of each of the following
a.) Extreme pressure additives
b.) Oiliness carriers
c.) Pour point depressants
4. How much rust Fe2O3.3H2O will be formed when 250 kg of iron is completely lasted
a way.
5. State and explain Pillin-Bedworth rule.
6. What do you mean by Passivity explain with suitable diagram.
7. Discuss the effect of the following factors on rate of corrosion
a) Position of the metal in the electrochemical series
b) Nature of corrosion products.
c) pH of the medium
8. Explain the type of corrosion occurring when a metal rod is dipped partially in a
conducting solution. Give reason.
9. What are corrosion inhibitors give examples of anodic and cathodic inhibitors.
10. State two conditions required for wet corrosion.
 APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Tutorial Sheet I: Corrosion
1. What is sacrificial anodic protection method and impressed current cathodic
protection of controlling corrosion?
2. Name two metals which are noble with respect to corrosion?
3. Why pin holes on tin coated iron is more prone to corrosion of iron those on Zn
coated iron?
4. Explain rusting of iron with the help of electrochemical theory of corrosion?

5. When Zn-Cu alloy is placed in moist atmosphere, which of them undergoes corrosion
and why?

6. CO2 is always present in water, explain its role on rusting of iron?

7. After complete rusting, 100 kg of iron gave 191.67 kg rust. What is exact composition
of rust [Fe (OH)X]

8. Discuss the importance of design and material selection in controlling corrosion.

9 Electrochemical series gives a basis for predicting the process of corrosion of a

metal. Is this statement correct or wrong? Justify your answer.

10. Trace amount of Cu2+ ion present as impurity enhances the corrosion of zinc rod
dipped in dil. HCl, while silicate ions protect from corrosion.