The most important is the destroying of iron structures.
By rusting hydrated iron(III) oxide is formed.
oxidation
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Pollution, unemployment, and lack of food and water, just to name a few.
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Rust is oxidation.
The scientific name of the Common cold is "Acute nasopharyngitis."
Chemical change
corrosion (in iron this is called rusting)
Tension causes normal faults, which are common in Africa. Many scientists think that tension caused the formation of the Great Rift Valley.
I'll give you one cuz I'm doin a report on it right now...Rusting....It's an everyday thing that not many people think of as being a chemical reaction...