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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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  • shrew
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    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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