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Q: What happens when iron combines with oxygen in the air?
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Causes of corrosion?

occurs when iron combines with oxygen in the air


Iron combines with oxygen in the air and causes?

Rusting - oxidation- corrosion.


Oxygen in the air combines with iron molecules on a frying pan to form?

Iron oxide or rust.


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Iron III oxide is formed when iron combines with oxygen in the air How many grams of Fe2O3 are formed when 16.7 g of Fe reacts completely with oxygen?

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How can steel rust?

The iron part of steel combines with oxygen in the air, or dissolved in water. This is a chemical reaction, which produces iron oxide- rust.


If oxygen is removed from a sample of air as iron rusts what happens to the total pressure of the air?

it decreases


When a nail rust iron from the nail combines with oxygen from the air to form what?

They combine to form rust. You might be able to guess from what's combining that "rust" is apparently an iron oxide.


What is a chemical change that happens to metals like iron?

it can rust because of the oxygen in the air


What is produced when iron combines with oxygen?

The short answer is iron oxide. However, there are two common iron oxides. When you heat iron in air you get black iron oxide, Fe3O4. In more complex reactions red iron oxide, Fe2O3 is produced.


Why iron being rust?

Iron rusts as a result of corrosion, when iron, water, and oxygen combine. Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air, forming a weak carbonic acid. As the acid forms, the iron dissolves, and rust begins to form.


What makes rust?

Iron combines with oxygen in the air to form ferric oxide, also known as rust.