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Question
Aluminium is a more active metal than iron, but suffers less corrosion. Why?
Solution
Aluminium is a more active metal than iron, but suffers less corrosion because of the formation of a thin, transparent, protective, non-porous adhering film of aluminium oxide on the surface of aluminium which makes it resistant to corrosion .
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