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Louis Nardozi

Does heat speed up oxidation?

Daryl Spindler Sr  Follow

All conditions the same higher T increases reaction rates, however, yields and equilibrium states will change and side reaction rates can change. If you are concerned about corrosion rates higher T could remove water necessary and stop corrosion. That is why mothballed planes are kept in the desert.

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Ashok Rangnekar  Follow

Any chemical reaction “speeds up” with temperature.

One of the professors I work with said that, “All reactions are controlled by three factors: TIME, TEMPERATURE AND PROXIMETRY (CONCENTRATION)… AND REACTION RATE GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY WITH TEMPERATURE”. You can live by this rule.

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