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The term "rust" technically applies only to iron oxides and its variations, so the element carbon cannot rust.
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Can diamonds rust?
NO!!! Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon, and are very inert . Rust is an oxide of iron.
Is a rusty nail metallic?
Yes - the steel under the rust is a metal (steel is iron with a trace of the non-metal, carbon), while the rust is iron oxide.
Can carbon dioxide make iron rust?
1) Iron rust to create iron oxide (ochre or FeOOH I think). I think carbon cannot oxidise, because it is nota metal, but it can join a metal and then it oxidises I think.2) Rusting is the common term for corrosion of iron and its alloys, such as steel. Carbon doesn't rust but could eventually oxidize if exposed to extremely high degrees of heat (above 500 degrees).
Does surgical steel rust?
Yes Any steel can rust - based on certain conditions. The quesiton is too general...
What is needed for something to rust?
You need naked iron, in an environment containing oxygen (like most outside air, or water). Steel is carbon saturated steel. Oxygen can't easily bind with the iron elements in steel, as carbon has a stronger bond, and even if an oxygen atom would pull out another atom out of the steel it would be a carbon atom, not an iron one.
Does carbon make things rust?
No.
Can Coca-Cola rust a paperclip?
no because of the carbon dioxide, it is impossible to rust
Does Mild Steel Rust?
Yes, mild carbon steels are very prone to rust.
Can diamonds rust?
NO!!! Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon, and are very inert . Rust is an oxide of iron.
What will make a steal nail rust?
Carbon Dioxside
Iron is to rust as wood is to what?
moss Carbon dioxide
What makes iron rust lead nitrogen carbon dioxide or water?
The cause of iron rust is oxygen and water.
Will graphite rust?
No. Graphite is not a metal, it's made of Carbon.
How is rust produced?
Rust is iron oxide. So when iron oxidizes you get rust. So iron and steel (iron and carbon) are prone to this happening while metal like aluminum well not rust.
Does carbon rust in water?
Let's call rusting "oxidation," because rust is oxidized iron. Carbon will oxidize, but it takes quite a bit of heat to get it to do so; the easiest way to oxidize carbon is to set it on fire and let it become carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Putting carbon in water won't cause the oxidation reaction to happen, because there's not enough heat.
Is the planet Mars pink?
No. It is red because of all the rust and carbon on it's surface: The rust makes it appear red.
Is rust an inorganic or organic?
If rust is a compound at all, it is an inorganic compound (Fe2O3), because contains has no carbon and is not a derivative of a hydrocarbon.
