The chemical resistance of glass can allow it to remain in a corrosive environment for many thousands and even millions of years.

This produces a corrosive environment of dense saline fog in the chamber so that parts exposed in it are subjected to severely corrosive conditions.

Buried plant can be exposed to the same corrosive environment as underground plant.

Its affinity for oxygen forms a thin stable oxide coat, a passivation layer which prevents further oxidation and provides inertness to corrosive environment.

The unit tends to be more self-contained, protecting the machinery from the corrosive environment found on boats.