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Lesson: Chapter 12 — Electrochemistry

12.3. Corrosion and rusting 2 of 5

Question 2

Why is the water in one tube boiled and covered with oil in activity 12.3.1?

The right answer is the one marked above.

To remove dissolved air and keep it out. Boiling drives out the dissolved air; the oil stops it dissolving again.

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