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What makes iron rust and how?

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The sun and earth air paticles stick to the bumper and then the particles eat at the bumper and then it turns into rust

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Iron rusts on a car through the process of oxidation. The chemical reaction for the formation of rust is 4Fe + 3 O2 = 2 Fe2O3.

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Rusting is the reaction of iron with oxygen in the presence of water.

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The cause of iron rust is oxygen and water.


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I'm sure you meant to ask what makes iron rust. Rusting is a different way of saying oxidation. Oxygen reacts with iron to form iron oxide, or rust.


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How does saltwater make nails rust?

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