Key term for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry, used in Transition Metals, Alloys and Corrosion.
A method of preventing rusting by attaching a more reactive metal to iron, causing the more reactive metal to oxidise in preference to the iron.
Sacrificial protection appears in Edexcel GCSE Chemistry revision content for Transition Metals, Quantitative Analysis and Equilibria, especially Transition Metals, Alloys and Corrosion and Prevention of Rusting.
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