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Answer the following.
a. What is done to prevent corrosion of metals?
b. What are the metals that make the alloys brass and bronze?

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a. Preventive measures for corrosion:
By painting on the surface
By alloying the layers
Add protective layers
Galvanisation
Non-corrosive layer coatings.
$b .$ Brass $-$ Copper and zinc
Bronze $-$ Copper and tin

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