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How long before the aluminum can containing soda(unopened) oxidizes?

One of my children used to collect cans of sodaWe still have them full of various brandsOne or two leaked out all the soda awhile ago but the cans have not oxidized.

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Aluminium is naturally quite resistant to oxidization because the outer surface is reactive and will turn into very though aluminium oxide, which protects the metal under it (by contrast, iron oxide - rust - is very fragile and flakes off, exposing the underlying metal to more oxidation)To add to all this, the inside of aluminium cans is also coated with a lacquer to protect against the acidity of the contentThose cans can last thousand of yearsThat is why it is important to recycle them; especially since producing new aluminium from recycled can is a lot cheaper than doing it from ore.

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