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Statement 1: Corrosion of cans is more complicated than that of tin and iron alone. Depending on whether the tin forms a complex or not, it acts as the anode or cathode.

Statement 2: In the corrosion process, if hydrogen is not evolved, it exerts a back pressure and opposes further oxidation of iron.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

This question was posed to me in semester exam.

My question is from Principles of Food Preservation by Canning-4 in portion Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

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Right answer is (b) True, True

To explain I would say: Corrosion of cans is more complicated than that of tin and iron alone. Depending on whether the tin forms a complex or not, it acts as the anode or cathode. In the corrosion process, if hydrogen is not evolved, it exerts a back pressure and opposes further oxidation of iron.

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