Abstract
Three peculiarities discriminate metals from most other materials:
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Metals are used in a vulnerable oxidation state. It makes them apt to be oxidized or to be corroded.
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Corrosion observed on one spot can simply be the result of a wrong environment at the distant end of a metal object. Metals are highways for electric currents.
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No electrochemical process will occur unless at least two reaction partners are involved.
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Helsen, J.A., Missirlis, Y. (2010). Corrosion. In: Biomaterials. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12532-4_3
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