"Corrosion caused by ketones and aldehydes"

Question:

"Corrosion caused by ketones and aldehydes; do they cause corrosion of air cleaning equipment because they contain a reactive carbonyl group or because then decompose to form some sort of acid?"

Answer:

For those chemicals to cause corrosion, they must contain water, either as a single phase or a separate phase.

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