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Please help with corrosion!?
What is actually occurring when a metal corrodes in an acid?
Is it oxidation? Why?
Please help.
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- shrewLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Its oxidation.
metals can be oxidized when they are dissolved in acids(for instance dissolving zinc metal in a solution of acid leads to Zn2+ ions in solution and the formation of hydrogen gas
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