corrosion
Example Sentences
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Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.
There was battery corrosion and fluid leaks, the employee wrote.
From Seattle Times
Tankers, even stationary ones, require vigilant maintenance against corrosion by heat, humidity, and the salty ocean environment.
From Salon
I mean, the corrosion of all that water rushing through was just too powerful.
From Scientific American
The last thing you want is corrosion appearing on your fixtures one or two years after they are installed.
From Seattle Times
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