Pitting corrosion is dangerous because.. Select all the correct reasons below: The rate of pit formation can greatly exceed the rate of uniform corrosion and lead to rapid perforation. Rapid destruction of the metal. Difficult to predict. Difficult to detect. Pits can lead to other forms of corrosion like crevice corrosion Pits result in uniform thinning of the metal The small surface area of the pit is acitve, but huge surface area of material is noble and can drive the rate of pit formation to very high values