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No: Rusting occurs by the combination of ferrous metals with oxygen from air or water, and nitrogen can not form the same compounds as oxygen does.
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Will nitrogen rust or corrode?
No. Nitrogen is a nonmetal, which is a gas at standard temperature. Only metals rust or corrode.
What is the other name of iron oxide?
it is either rust, steel, oxygen or nitrogen.
What is the benefit to pumping nitrogen gas into seawater that is stored in steel tanks?
Nitrogen displaces oxygen that originally came from Earth's atmosphere. In the absence of oxygen, steel can not rust.
Can zirconium rust?
No, it does not rust.
Will earings rust in a liquid?
they will not rust into a liquid but they can rust and they can be turned into a liquid
Will nitrogen rust or corrode?
No. Nitrogen is a nonmetal, which is a gas at standard temperature. Only metals rust or corrode.
Do you need nitrogen for iron to rust?
Nitrogen is not necessary.
Does iron rust with nitrogen?
no
What is the ability to rust for nitrogen?
The ability to rust is considered a chemical change. Oxidation, a chemical process changes the substance's makeup, causes the rusting.
What makes iron rust lead nitrogen carbon dioxide or water?
The cause of iron rust is oxygen and water.
What is the other name of iron?
it is either rust, steel, oxygen or nitrogen.
Why don't Fe rust when exposed to N?
Rust - by definition - is oxidation. It requires oxygen. If it's exposed to nitrogen, it's not oxidizing.
What is the other name of iron oxide?
it is either rust, steel, oxygen or nitrogen.
How does nitrogen help reduce rust?
it makes it look better.......pretty pretty
Why is nitrogen essential to the growth of a fungus but not to the spread of rust?
A fungus is a living organism, while rust is not. (Answer should be correct, Old answer was incorrect and not helpful)
Can nitrogen rust things?
No: Rusting occurs by the combination of ferrous metals with oxygen from air or water, and nitrogen can not form the same compounds as oxygen does.
What is the benefit to pumping nitrogen gas into seawater that is stored in steel tanks?
Nitrogen displaces oxygen that originally came from Earth's atmosphere. In the absence of oxygen, steel can not rust.
