Corrosion (Section)
A plumber’s handbook states that you should not connect a brass pipe directly to a galvanized steel pipe because electrochemical reactions between the two metals will cause corrosion. The handbook recommends you use instead an insulating fitting to connect them. Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc. What spontaneous redox reaction(s) might cause the corrosion? Justify your answer with standard emf calculations.
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