Corrosive substance

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Warning tag for corrosive substances

Corrosive substances are substances that can damage tissues when they come in contact with them. Many corrosive liquids are in common use, for example, in batteries. Some are used in cleaning, for example hydrochloric acid is used in some toilet bowl cleaners. Corrosive is one of the five danger risks that a liquid can have, along with toxic, flammable, explosive, and biological hazard.

Corrosive substances are to be dealt with extreme precaution and care. They are extremely harmful and dangerous.

Corrosive Substance Media

• Rust Bolt.JPG

  Corrosion on exposed metal, including a bolt and nut

• Riveted corrosion.jpg

  Riveted connection of elements of the cooling tower of a power plant from 1904. Increased material volume caused by corrosion.

• Galvanic corrosion of aluminum and steel in seawater.jpg

  Galvanic corrosion of an aluminium plate occurred when the plate was connected to a mild steel structural support.

• GoldNuggetUSGOV.jpg

  Gold nuggets do not naturally corrode, even on a geological time scale.

• Pitting corrosion-scheme.png

  Diagram showing cross-section of pitting corrosion

• Unsensitised structure of type 304 stainless steel.jpg

  Normal microstructure of Type 304 stainless steel surface

• Sensitized structure of 304 stainless steel.jpg

  Sensitized metallic microstructure, showing wider intergranular boundaries

• Crevice corrosion of 316 stainless steel in desalination.jpg

  Corrosion in the crevice between the tube and tube sheet (both made of type 316 stainless steel) of a heat exchanger in a seawater desalination plant

• Corrosion protection.jpg

  The US military shrink-wraps equipment such as helicopters to protect them from corrosion, thus saving millions of dollars

• Galvanized surface.jpg

  Galvanized surface