Merfolk have no ships, nor metal weapons that don't soon corrode away.

Conservators use chemistry and other sciences to figure out how best to preserve collections so they won't corrode and disintegrate away.

Original bronze blade cast of Macedonian metal, now corroded away.

But the department will have to demonstrate that the site can hold exposures to 350 millirem a year even after the containers corrode away.

Workers repeatedly peeled away corroding layers of metal only to find more corrosion.

A little further away, a hooded man stood with half of his face corroded away, one lidless eye glaring at me ferociously.

Eventually, the rod will corrode and wither away; when that happens, the walls of the tank will start to rust.

Carbon is the only practical conductor material because every common metal will quickly corrode away in the positive electrode in salt based electrolyte.

Zinc is more reactive than iron or steel and thus will attract almost all local oxidation until it completely corrodes away.

The sacrificial anode will eventually corrode away, ceasing its protective action unless it is replaced in a timely manner.