Corrosion

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002608",
  "term": "Corrosion",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An irreversible reaction at the boundary between a material and its surroundings that wears the material away or lets a component of the surroundings dissolve into it, degrading its properties. The best-known case is the electrochemical oxidation of metals, such as iron turning to rust in moist air, but polymers, ceramics and other nonmetals also corrode by their own mechanisms. Rust is hydrated iron(III) oxide.",
  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "ceramic",
    "dissolution",
    "evaporation",
    "melting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1989, 61, 19. 'Electrochemical corrosion nomenclature (Recommendations 1988)' on page 20 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198961010019)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/corrosion/"
}