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Tarnish
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What is to silver as rust is to iron?
Tarnish is to silver as rust is to iron. Tarnish is a layer of corrosion that forms on silver when it reacts with sulfur-containing compounds, while rust is the result of iron reacting with oxygen and moisture.
What is the rust of silver called?
The "rust" of silver is tarnish. If you want to get technical, only iron truly rusts.
How do you make silver coins rust?
Silver (coins) do NOT rust. Rust the iron when oxidised. Silver will oxidise very slowly, to form silver oxide, which is black in colour, This oxidation process can take weeks/months to occur. If you have any silverware, you will normally polish it once a week. this prevents oxidiation. However, if you leave it unpolished for say , 6 months, the silver will appear dull or black in places; this is silver oxide.
What colors make up iron color?
Iron itself is a silver-gray metal. The color that iron exhibits is primarily due to oxidation, forming a reddish-brown rust when exposed to the elements. So, the colors associated with iron are usually shades of gray, silver, and rust.
What metals silver aluminum copper zinc and steel would be the first to rust?
steel - due to the presence of iron in it. others will oxidise, not rust.
Can graphite rackets rust?
No they will not get rust they are not iron to get rust. only iron get rust.
What is a hard silver-white magnetic metal easily rust in moist air?
This metal is iron.
What coins rusts?
All coins, even gold and silver, will tarnish, but rust is iron oxide, so only coins with iron in them will rust. The only ones I can think of are the steel 1943 US cents and some European Coins from the WW2 era.
Why iron does not rust?
Iron does rust by reacting with oxygen.
Which liquids rust faster?
Liquids do not rust, iron does, rust is Hydrated Iron (III) oxide, so the only substance which can rust iron is water
What does rust and iron form?
Rust is an iron oxide, Fe2O3.
Can silver rust?
Silver does not rust but fading of silver when left to environment is called as Tarnishing Rust is the name given to the oxydisation of iron or any alloy containing it, like steel. All metals oxydise including silver, but we generally call oxydisation of silver, tarnish.
