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		selcuka on May 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear break... The Wikipedia article says that sodium actually protects metals from corroding, but I am unable to see how that works by reading the citation.

hermitcrab on May 6, 2023 [–]

Some very reactive substances react with their container vessel to form a non-reactive 'skin' on the inside of the vessel. I don't know if they applies in this case.

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