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corrosion

[kuh-roh-zhuhn] / kəˈroʊ ʒən /


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The combination of high corrosion resistance and far lower material costs could make SS-H2 especially valuable if it performs reliably in commercial electrolyzers.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Its resistance to corrosion decreases when the electrical potential becomes sufficiently high.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Those additions, coupled with the long-term degradation from corrosion, ultimately caused the collapse four decades after construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The confinement structure is temporarily patched, and Ukraine seeks $580 million for repairs to prevent irreversible corrosion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Over in the production group at ATK, a whole different division, they sometimes had trouble with a machine that inspected the booster rockets’ O-ring grooves to make sure there was no corrosion.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

Now, for all the corrosions of inflation, food prices and property taxes, money seems a bit looser.

From Time Magazine Archive

All religions have changed and suffered secular corrosions, despite signs of revival in recent years.

From Time Magazine Archive

The corrosions may be small, or may extend over a very large surface.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

This indicated that the mucous lining of the stomach had been partially removed by the corrosions of the drug, or that nervous power had suddenly come to a stand-still, which demanded an increase of stimulus.

From The Opium Habit by Horace B. Day




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