Causes and Effect

Corrosion very often we encounter in everyday life. Another name of corrosion is also called rust. Corrosion itself generally occurs in metal objects such as iron. Corrosion is the reaction between the metal with the surrounding substances such as air and water causing new compounds. In the composition of the new compound is a solid color brown reddish fragile and porous. The chemical formula of rust is Fe2O3.xH2O.

Causes of Corrosion

Corrosion can occur because of the reaction between metal and surrounding substances. In rust, this rust can occur due to moist air (oxygen and water) to corrode (react) to the iron so that a new substance appears reddish brown solids.

Effect of Corrosion

Corrosion-induced impacts can be direct and indirect losses. Direct losses include damage to equipment, machinery or building structures. While the indirect losses are the cessation of production activities, due to the replacement of equipment damaged by corrosion, even indirect losses can be the occurrence of accidents that cause casualties, such as the collapse of bridges due to corrosion, the occurrence of fire akiba gas pipeline leak due to corrosion, and explosion of the plant Nuclear power due to corrosion of the steam pipe.