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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

How to prevent rusting of iron, by keeping it in an acidic medium or an alkaline medium?

Profile image of Riddhi kohli
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Shailendra Kumar Sharma
8 Years ago
In Acidic medium 
Fe +2H+ → Fe+2 is a spontaneous reaction, whereas in the highly basic medium the Fe(OH)2 is formed which passivates the corrosion.