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Q: How can air and water change a nail?
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What happens if you put a shiny new nail outside in a wet location and how will the air and water change the nail?

The water and the air makes a chemical change to the nail to make it rust


Is iron nail rusts in water a chemical change or a physical change?

Chemical change, oxygen binds with iron.


Is putting an iron nail in sea water a physical change?

Corrosion is a chemical process.


What liquid can rust a nail the most?

Water and air in combination will rapidly cause iron to rust.


Why is oil put on top of boiled water?

Well, if a nail was placed in the water, to prevent rust. Boiled water has no air and oil and water cannot mix so the oil stops any air getting in.

Related questions

What happens if you put a shiny new nail outside in a wet location and how will the air and water change the nail?

The water and the air makes a chemical change to the nail to make it rust


Why is a rusting nail a chemical chance?

Because it is a chemical change. The iron(of the nail) is combined, chemically, with oxygen (air). 4Fe(s) + 3O2(g) == water==> 2Fe2O3(s) [rust]


Is an iron nail rusts a phisical change?

It is a chemical change. Oxygen in the air (and sometimes water vapor) combines with the iron to form oxides. The rust is a new chemical with very different properties: it has little strength, can be washed away, and is no longer attracted to a magnet.


Is freezing of water evaporation of gasoline and rusting a nail a physical change?

freezing water and evaporation is physical-only change in state of matter. rusting nail is chemical-alters composition of substance


Is iron nail rusts in water a chemical change or a physical change?

Chemical change, oxygen binds with iron.


What chemical change takes place when an iron nail rusts?

Bonds are formed between some of the iron atoms in the nail and oxygen atoms from the air.


What is the Name the change that takes place when iron nail is dipped in water?

Oxidization


Why is rusting nail chemical change?

A rusting nail is the oxidation of iron, in which the iron in the nail and the oxygen in the air react to form a new substance, iron oxide, with different properties from the iron and the oxygen.


Is putting an iron nail in sea water a physical change?

Corrosion is a chemical process.


What liquid can rust a nail the most?

Water and air in combination will rapidly cause iron to rust.


Which part of an iron nail rust first?

Humidity ... damp air, water from rains.


Is a Chemical change of pizza Paper and An iron nail or of Physical change?

iron nail