If so, at what rate? (hours, days, weeks?) Will it corrode faster with an oxidizer present?
2006-06-07 05:59:49 · 4 answers · asked by Joe 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I don't see how it could, but that doesn't mean much. Doesn't DI mean that the solution is neutral in charge? It probably would corrode with an oxidizer present.
2006-06-07 06:03:07 · answer #1 · answered by ucd_grad_2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum usually oxidizes very quickly to form a "thin protective oxidized coating" of aluminum oxide, Al2O3 over its surface that would have formed long before you bought it from the store, and in the presence of DI water, I think you are probably should be thinking of the rate of oxidation in years:)
It may corrode faster with an oxidizer present, depending on how strong the redox potential is between the two-assuming it is another metal.
2006-06-13 09:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by Bo0914 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DI water does not contain the ions that would quickly corrode aluminum.
2006-06-07 06:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by embem171 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-26 21:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋