Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Chapter 17 - Corrosion and Degradation of Materials - Questions and Problems - Page 721: 17.2b

Answer

Magnesium is expected to oxidize most rapidly in solution (iii) an HCl solution containing dissolves oxygen and $Fe^{2+}$ ions. This is because this solution has two reduction reactions that will use the electrons resulting from the oxidation of magnesium.

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Magnesium is expected to oxidize most rapidly in solution (iii) an HCl solution containing dissolves oxygen and $Fe^{2+}$ ions. This is because this solution has two reduction reactions that will use the electrons resulting from the oxidation of magnesium.
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