Designed to prevent or resist rust and corrosion on metal surfaces.
From anti- (against) + rust. Rust comes from Old English, ultimately from Indo-European roots meaning 'red.' The compound emerged with industrial manufacturing.
Antirust coatings are one of those boring inventions that quietly save the world—without antirust technology, every metal thing from bridges to cars would be orange powder within years, costing trillions.
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