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corrosivo (-a)

corrosive

agente corrosivo

corrosive agent

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It is highly corrosive and readily causes skin burns. en.wikipedia.org

Corrosion fatigue is what happens when a cyclically stressed structure is subjected to a corrosive environment at the same time. en.wikipedia.org

Sulfur had to be removed because of their corrosive attack on nickel-base alloys at operational temperature. en.wikipedia.org

Multiple rotating heads, each studded with silicon wafers, get forced against a large rotating buffing pad, which is bathed in corrosive slurry. en.wikipedia.org

It was counter-productive and self-defeating, therefore, to expose first-time offenders to the corrosive and brutalising effect of prison for trifling offences. en.wikipedia.org

The most useful of the non-detergent soaps are those based on lithium, as they are free of corrosive properties. en.wikipedia.org

In medieval times, realgar was used as a rodent poison, as a corrosive, and as a red paint pigment. en.wikipedia.org

Buried plant can be exposed to the same corrosive environment as underground plant. en.wikipedia.org

Heat exchangers may be used where the geothermal steam is very corrosive or contains excessive suspended solids. en.wikipedia.org

Uranium hexafluoride is very corrosive, which presented serious handling difficulties, leading to serious consideration of the borohydride. en.wikipedia.org

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