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Rust is Iron Oxide which has accumlated on top of the iron. The top layer of the iron, when exposed to moisture or water, reacts with the oxygen in the air to form rust. Rust can also form when Iron is exposed to a strong oxidizer or acids.
But rust is not a chemical property of iron, it's in fact a completely different compound which used to be iron before reacting with oxygen.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoRusting is a chemical reaction (oxidation) not a property.
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∙ 12y agono. it is chemical property because you are changing the comosition of iron into something entirely different
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∙ 10y agoRusting is a chemical reaction (oxidation) not a property.
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∙ 14y agoit is a chemical property
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Why is lack of ability to rust physical property and not chemical property?
Rusting is a chemical process, so no if its lacking it cannot be chemical its physical
Is the ability of metal to rust a physical property?
no. it is chemical i think
Is an object's ability to burn a physical property?
An objects ability to burn is a chemical property. When you burn something you do not start the fire by changing its appearance so it is a chemical property. Anything that is a physical property is something that changes a substances appearance. A chemical property changes the actual substance.
What is an ability of a material to change its chemical makeup?
Chemical property
What does a chemical property give a substance the ability to do?
A chemical property is the properties exhibited by a material in a chemical reaction. This gives a substance the ability to have a chemical identity and is also used in building chemical classifications. The properties can be used in identifying a substance that is unknown or to separate substances. The property also helps in providing information on the application of a substance.
Is Ability to rust a physical property or chemical property?
ability to rust is a chemical property
Why is lack of ability to rust physical property and not chemical property?
Rusting is a chemical process, so no if its lacking it cannot be chemical its physical
Is the ability of metal to rust a physical property?
no. it is chemical i think
The ability for metals to rust is a physical property of metals?
No, since rust is a chemical change (oxidation).
Is ability to rust is it a physical or chemical property?
The ability to rust is a cheical property because the composition of the reactants have changed chemically.
A chemical property of an iron nail ability?
rust
Is lack of ability to rust a physical or chemical?
Rusting is a chemical reaction. Thus, rust resistance is a chemical property.
What kind of property is stainless steel's ability to resist rust?
chemical property
Is the tendency of iron to rust physical or chemical?
Examples: Iron Rusting: CHEMICAL CHANGE The ABILITY for Iron to rust: Chemical PROPERTY Ice freezing: Physical CHANGE Water's ABILITY to evaporate: Physical PROPERTY
The abilitys of metal to rust is a physical proporty of metals?
The ability to rust would be a chemical property.
What are the chemical propertis of iron?
The ability to react with oxygen, which forms rust is a chemical property of iron.
What property is Stainless steel's ability to rust?
Chemical- changed it into something new!
