Booklet 3 Flashcards
What is needed for rusting?
Water and Oxygen
What is Rusting?
The corrosion of iron
What is a disadvantage of physical barriers?
Stops working if the surface becomes scratched or broken
What is galvanising?
Coating something in iron or zinc
What is physical barrier protection?
Stops rusting by coating something to keep out air and water
Name a disadvantage of sacrificial protection
Stops working when more reactive metal is used up
Corrosion is what?
The Formation of a compound on the surface of a metal
What metals are used for sacrificial metals?
Magnesium or Zinc
What is rust?
Hydrated iron oxide
Name some types of physical barriers
Paint,oil,grease,tin and other less reactive metals
What speeds up rusting?
Salts or acids
What metal is obtained from Bauxite?
Aluminium
What metal is obtained from haematite?
Iron
What metal is obtained from galena?
Lead
What metal is obtained from cinnabar?
Mercury
What metal is obtained from argentite?
Silver
What does REDOX stand for?
Reduction and Reduction reactions
What does potassium manganite decompose to produce?
Oxygen gas