The Emergence Machine

Corrosion

physical · Materials Science · Level 4 · E3

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Emergence definition

A process where a material's surface deteriorates and loses its properties due to chemical or electrochemical reactions with its environment.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “corrosion” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
corrosion
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CorrosionMaterialResultConsequenceFormOutcomeSubstanceChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesNickelL5BrassL6CorrosionL4MaterialL3ResultL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    Corrosion: Chemical or electrochemical degradation of a material's surface, resulting in loss of material properties and structure through reaction with its environment.
  • Result L3 (requires)
    Corrosion: Chemical or electrochemical degradation of a material's surface, resulting in loss of material properties and structure through reaction with its environment.

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