Are all acids or acidic substances corrosive to metals?

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Are all acids or acidic substances corrosive to metals?

2007-07-11 21:29:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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They will all be corrosive to reactive metals. However, some metals (such as gold) are pretty much inert to most acids.

2007-07-11 21:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Scarlet Manuka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

some acids like organic acids are weak. and some metals are so unreactive they wouldnt react with acids (those below hydrogen in the reactivity series)

2007-07-11 21:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋