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What is rusting metal?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/1/2021

Metal rusting is a piece of metal such as a bike, and you leave it out in the rain. In a couple weeks, (If it's still out there,) it will be rusty. Rusty is a brown hard piece that sticks to metal. You need a scraper and a spare hour it your planning on getting it off.

The actual process is oxidization. Iron (Fe) becomes rust by having oxygen attach to the molecular structure (FeO2). Rust is about 50% heavier than the original metal.

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