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How do atoms of iron go into acid?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

As with most other metals when iron reacts with an acid the hydrogen in an acid basically steals electrons from the iron, forming hydrogen gas. The iron, now in the form of ions, becomes part of the corresponding iron salt.

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