Water is the most abundant nutrient in our body and plays an important transmission function in every body cell and tissue. Sixty percent of our body weight is water. The fact that you can live without food for a long period of time, even months, but live only for a few days without water is true.
The addition of zinc, a sacrificial anode, would prevent the iron metal from corroding. According to the table of Standard Reduction Potentials, the standard reduction potential of zinc is about -0.76 volts. The standard reduction potential of iron is about -0.44 volts.
Zinc metal does not react violently with water. It hardly oxidises under normal conditions. A coating of zinc (called galvanising) is used to protect steel from rusting.Zinc has a coating of the oxide that protects it from reaction with oxygen.It becomes vulnerable to oxidation in the presence of other substances that weaken its oxide layer. Acids will quickly dissolve zinc, as will alkalies. Acids produce zinc 2+ cations, whereas alkalies produce zincate ZnO2(2-) anions.inc has a coating of the oxide that protects it from reaction with oxygen. It becomes vulnerable to oxidation in the presence of other substances that weaken its oxide layer. Acids will quickly dissolve zinc, as will alkalies. Acids produce zinc 2+ cations, whereas alkalies produce zincate ZnO2(2-) anions.