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Originally Posted by barry123400
Since there is a minute difference in electrical potential in there as well since you are burying two different compounds.
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Interesting factoid I looked up years ago in HS.. electrochemically speaking, the iron wants to corrode to "protect" the rust. Sort of like zinc will corrode to protect iron. Of course, what it thinks it's protecting it from is beyond me
. Probably explains why rust just keeps going and going and going once started.
I like your idea of electroylzing water to provide the Oxygen, but I don't think the electrical potential is there to really do that.. unless the carbon in the steel plays an electrical potential role here?