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← ScienceWhich outcome weakens industrial scrubbing towers using seawater?
A)Ionic lattice disruption forms pitting✓
B)Covalent bond hydrolysis reduces strength
C)Van der Waals forces increase strain
D)Hydrogen bonding induces ductile failures
💡 Explanation
The pitting corrosion of steel structures near seawater occurs because chloride ions penetrate the passive layer in ionic compounds, leading to ionic lattice disruption forming pitting, therefore the structure weakens; rather than hydrogen embrittlement affecting high strength alloys.
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