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Krispy_Kolonel t1_j65h9ct wrote

Reply to comment by NoExpertAtAll in Why does road salt accelerate corrosion in a vehicle's underbody? by nebula828

It’s the same reason things rust faster at the beach or in the ocean. More salt=more conductivity, increasing the rate of the reaction (oxidation or rusting in this case)

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_Greetings_Friends_ t1_j66t529 wrote

When I was a kid there was a busted down VW bus that was just kind of left on the beach as debris but it was atleast fairly unworn, I went there a couple years back and the bus was still there but theres now a gaping hole in the top and every last inch of it is covered in rust or somekind of plantlife, the saying "It was a shell of its former self" is so real, it had only been about 10 years but if left in my yard 10 years it would be nearly identical

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