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How does metal rust?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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When water gets on metal an than dries quickly, some of the water turns into rust. Think of it this way if you leave the steam in the bathroom from the shower and it finally goes away...it turns into rust.

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metal rusts through oxidation by oxygen in the air. The "rust" is usually an oxide of the metal that has poor properties compared with the original

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rock rust because rain and oxygen combines and forms oxdixtdation and that is how rocks rust,

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Some rock contains minerals which oxidise. For example if some rock contains enough iron it can oxidise in the atmosphere to form ferrous or Iron(II) oxide FeO, commonly called 'rust'.

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