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From the car in your driveway to massive industrial plants, a silent enemy is at work: corrosion. This investigation explores why metals are naturally driven to return to their original state of rust. We examine the enormous cost of corrosion, from simple car repairs to the catastrophic failure of offshore structures. At the University of Manchester, scientists are developing advanced techniques to predict, monitor, and prevent this universal problem, revealing the hidden science behind the constant battle to stop our world from rusting away.

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Only one scientist in thousands wins a Nobel Prize. Far fewer ever become household names. In this fascinating series, Brian Trueman looks at the work of scientists whose names are relatively unknown outside their own very specialist fields.

This film was first broadcast: 1981

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