manganese The metal that is used as a sacrificial electrode to prevent the rusting of iron is manganese.
Acid rain is formed by chemicals let off into the atmosphere further introducing the nitrogen oxides which are attached to the water vapour and than mixed together further making acid rain which contains a pH scale of 6 a pale light acid though very much effective.
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