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It sounds like corrosion in metals. There are many different damage mechanisms and protective effects, but at the end of the day you see weakened, oxidised meta
by HPsquared 2y ago
It sounds like corrosion in metals. There are many different damage mechanisms and protective effects, but at the end of the day you see weakened, oxidised metal.
- Earw0rm 2y agoYes, except that metal isn't a dynamic, self-regulating structure. The body is in a constant state of actively fighting against its own decay.
- HPsquared 2y agoPassivation is a similar kind of dynamic balance. Formation of a protective oxide layer. That's how stainless steel, aluminium don't corrode despite being pretty reactive. See also galvanized steel, which is also pretty dynamic with all the electrochemistry, transfer processes and kinetics going on.