- Corrosion of Metals

Corrosion or Rusting of Metals

The reaction of metal with oxygen to form oxides.

Corrosion or rusting is destructive to iron which
is the widely used metal due to its abundance.
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals
1. Coating metal with organic
materials such as paint, lacquer,
grease, or asphalt.
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals
2. Coating (by electroplating) with another
metal such as zinc, copper, nickel, chromium or
tin.
Illustration: Coating (by electroplating) of iron with
another metal
Cr Sn Au

Fe Fe Fe

Chrome Plate Tin Plate Gold Plate

Iron is covered with Iron is covered with Iron is covered with

Chromium which is Tin which is less Gold which is less
less active than active than iron active than iron
iron

Note: the electroplating of iron helps not to

have surface corrosion.
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals

3. Coating with ceramic enamel, like that used in sinks,

bathtubs, stoves, refrigerators and washers.
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals
4. Coating with adherent oxide, which is formed by exposing iron to
superheated steam, giving it an adherent coating of Fe₃ O₄

Chemical Conversion Coating: Chromate,

Phosphate, And Black Oxide

https://leadrp.net/blog/chemical-conversion-coating-chromate-phosphate-and-black-oxide/
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals
5. Mixing metals such as:
stainless steel ( Fe, Cr and Cu )
duriron (Fe and Si )
Ways of Preventing Corrosion of Metals
6. Cathodic Protection or Sacrificial Corrosion which is the attachment or
connection of a more active metal to the metal which needs protection from
rusting.
EXAMPLE: An iron pipe buried in the soil is connected by a wire to a more
active metal, such as zinc, aluminum, or magnesium.
The more active metal slowly consumed and must be replaced periodically.
Illustration on Cathodic protection

Zn

Fe

Galvanized Iron

Iron is covered with Zinc which is The outside or the surface will
more active than iron corrode first protecting the iron
inside.
Thank you
References

• http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-
element-and-compound
• Boardworks®
• UP NISMED Prerequisites for Grade 8 Periodic Table
Powerpoint Presentation
• DepEd Learners’ Module and Teachers’ Guide