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We live in one of the most corrosive areas of the world. Only the east coast of Nova Scotia and the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland are "blessed" with a more corrosive climate than ourselves.
The entire North East is in a severe or very severe corrosion area. As is the southern coast from Mexico to Cape Canaveral, FL.
Up north, we receive two acute catalysts for rapid corrosion.
Salt. Salt is mostly spread on the roads to help prevent accidents in winter. This makes our roadways, which receive over a ton of salt per mile over a typical weather, the corrosive equivalent of the "Marine Splash Zone" (see the photo at left). This zone is the most corrosive environment on earth. Interestingly, it's not salt that hurts your vehicle, but rather salt water. When dry, salt has almost zero catalytic effect. When salt is dissolved in water, it easily doubles the rusting rate. With every 5 degree rise in temperature over the freezing point, this rate re-doubles again. This is why spring untreated vehicles rust faster in the spring!
Then there's acid rain.
We are in the downwind area of the greatest industrial area in the world. Unfortunately that gives us a concentrated dose of acid rain, and acid snow.
The corrosion map above, when compared to the acid rain deposit map to its left, shows this very eloquently.
Areas that heavily salt their highways, such as northern Ontario, Minnesota, and northern Michigan, are out of the acid rain fall-out area and so report very little rust!
The footprint of the heavy acid rain deposits is almost identical to the shape of the extreme corrosive climatic areas of North America.
If you operate a vehicle in these areas, you need an annual Rust Check!
Proven to reduce corrosivity by research from the Royal Military College of Canada by 400%-700% or more!
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