AQA GCSE Chemistry 8462
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Bonding, Structure, and the Properties of Matter
Chemical Analysis
Chemical Changes
Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Energy Changes
Organic Chemistry
Quantitative Chemistry
The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change
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Corrosion and its prevention
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
What corrosion is, why iron needs both air and water to rust, barrier coatings such as grease, paint and electroplating, aluminium's oxide layer, sacrificial protection and galvanising, why tin fails once scratched, and rusting experiments.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Which two substances must both be present for iron to rust?
Explain why an iron nail sealed in a tube of dry air does not rust.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is corrosion?
Model answer
The destruction of a material by chemical reactions with substances in its environment.
- 2
Rusting is the corrosion of which metal?
Model answer
Iron.
- 3
Which two substances must both be present for iron to rust?
Model answer
Air and water.
- 4
Explain why an iron nail sealed in a tube of dry air does not rust.
Model answer
Water is also needed for rusting and there is none present in the tube.
- 5
How does painting an iron gate prevent it from rusting?
Model answer
The paint forms a barrier that stops air and water reaching the iron underneath.
- 6
Name three coatings that protect a metal by acting as a barrier.
Model answer
Grease, paint and a layer of another metal applied by electroplating.
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