How is corrosion different from rusting?

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Corrosion is the layer-by-layer spoiling or degrading of any metallic surface through such agents as oxygen, water vapour, hydrogen sulfide and other possible pollutants. Rusting is merely a specific case of corrosion where the metal surface concerned is iron and the red-brown flakes of Fe2O3.nH2O...
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Corrosion is the layer-by-layer spoiling or degrading of any metallic surface through such agents as oxygen, water vapour, hydrogen sulfide and other possible pollutants. Rusting is merely a specific case of corrosion where the metal surface concerned is iron and the red-brown flakes of Fe2O3.nH2O [0.94<n<0.96] that form are what is called rust. read less
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