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All textbooksMcMurry 8th EditionCh.12 - Solids and Solid-State MaterialsProblem 119

Chapter 12, Problem 119

Why are oxide ceramics more corrosion-resistant than metals?

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Hello everyone today, we have the following problem oxide ceramics are more prone to corrosion than metals. Is this statement true or false, and then explained. So, oxide ceramics are already Fully oxidised. So there are 100% oxidized. So in other words, they are considered more oxidation resistant compared to medals. So they're already considered more oxidation resistant when we compare them two medals, And this is because they are already 100% oxidized, so they cannot be more prone to corrosion, which is the process of oxidation. So this is going to be false because of this following reasoning provided here and with that we've answered our question overall. I hope that this helped and until next time.
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