A substance that is corrosive has the ability to destroy or eat away other substances such as metal, skin and bones, etc by a chemical reaction, examples are lye, muratic acid, battery acid. For...
The word 'corrosion' is derived from the Latin verb corrode which means 'to gnaw' indicating how these substances seem to 'gnaw' their way through the flesh. Sometimes the word 'caustic' is used as a...