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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

How to prevent rusting of iron by keeping it in an alkaline medium or an acidic 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. 
Profile image of Astha
8 Years ago
In acidic medium,as we know thatFe+2H=Fe+2 is a spontanious reaction.In basic medium,Fe( OH)2 is formed which enhance the corrosion.