Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside in the rain. As water pools on its surfaces, oxygen from the air lingers nearby, and together they begin to quietly attack the metal. The iron in the ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Guangwen Zhou, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) ...