What causes the increased corrosion rate in high temperature environments?

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What is the chemistry behind high temperature corrosion , and why is the corrosion rate higher .
 
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selseg said:
What is the chemistry behind high temperature corrosion , and why is the corrosion rate higher .
Corrosion is a chemical (electro-chemical) reaction, and many or most increase with temperature, which may be related to disociation of reactants or diffusion of anions into the cation substrate.
 

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