In 2000, Transport Canada reported that thousands of cars sold in the Atlantic provinces between 1989 and 1999 had corroded engine cradle mounts. Failure of these mounts can cause the steering shaft to separate from the car. The manufacturer recalled the cars so that the repairs could be made, where necessary. The same cars were sold in other parts of the country but had little corrosion damage. Why do you think that the corrosion problems
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Corrosion is defined as an activity that transforms refined metals into more chemically stable forms such as oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, or sulfide. It refers to the slow decomposition of things (typically metals); thanks to chemical and/or electrochemical reactions with their surroundings. Corrosion engineering is the science of preventing and controlling corrosion.
Corrosion
Corrosion is defined as an activity that transforms refined metals into more chemically stable forms such as oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, or sulfide. It refers to the slow decomposition of things (typically metals); thanks to chemical and/or electrochemical reactions with their surroundings. Corrosion engineering is the science of preventing and controlling corrosion.
In 2000, Transport Canada reported that thousands of cars sold in the Atlantic provinces between 1989 and 1999 had
corroded engine cradle mounts. Failure of these mounts can cause the steering shaft to separate from the car. The
manufacturer recalled the cars so that the repairs could be made, where necessary. The same cars were sold in other
parts of the country but had little corrosion damage. Why do you think that the corrosion problems showed up in the
Atlantic Provinces?
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