Action Corrosion provides products for Rust Removal in Tweed Heads. Our products professionally clean ferrous metals, i.e. iron and steel, from rust. Besides, it can also happen on concrete surfaces.
Since the discovery of iron, people in Tweed Heads have been using this stable material and later steel for huge structures such as bridges, homes and reinforced concrete structures. And just think of the countless rails that have been destroyed by rust corrosion over the centuries.
What is Rust Anyway?
Before we turn to the question of exactly how rust is created, a few brief words about what rust actually is. It is common to speak of rust as corrosion, which is not a bad thing.
But not all corrosion is also detrimental to the material. Almost all metals oxidize in contact with oxygen and water. But for most of them, this creates a natural protective layer – the oxide layer.
This is impermeable and protects the underlying material from further oxidation. You probably know the famous green patina of the copper facings on towers and roofs. This is precisely such an oxide layer.
Even with iron, permanent contact with water or moisture and oxygen forms an oxide layer, but unfortunately, this does not protect the material. Iron is the only metal that forms rust. Rust is a hydrous iron oxide compound on the surface of the material.
It is porous and thus forms an even larger surface for further rust to attack. Metals such as iron and steel can then completely rust through and be destroyed. Based on these properties, we also differentiate between ferrous metals (rusting metals) and non-ferrous metals (rustproof metals).
How Does Rust Come About in Tweed Heads?
Now, let’s go deeper into the question. How does rust come about? Corrosion due to the oxidation of iron by oxygen in connection with water or moisture is a chemical process at the molecular level.
The formation of rust occurs due to the various charges of the molecules. The oxygen attacks the iron because the oxygen atom lacks two electrons to occupy the outer electron shell fully.
So we can describe oxygen as an aggressive electron predator. The theft of electrons is called oxidation (derived from the ancient Greek name Oxygenium for oxygen).
In principle, oxidation does not harm the iron at first. Only in reaction with oxygen (without the influence of water) does iron very readily release electrons to the oxygen atom and thus do not harm itself with other metals. A thin oxide layer of iron (II) oxide forms, which protects against further destruction. This is why the iron does not rust as quickly in arid areas as, for example, in our regions.
It looks completely different when moisture comes into play. There is always moisture in our air, regardless of precipitation or the fact that the air is always humid to various degrees.
Action Corrosion Rust Removal Tweed Heads
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