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If they are Iron Nails it is:

FeH + O2 --> CO2 + H2O


This is Unbalanced


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Is most used in reference to a combustion reaction?

Rusting is a reaction used mostly for combustion


Process of rusting is same as combustion?

Rusting is similar to combustion in that oxygen is a required reactant. However, classic combustion has carbon dioxide and water as products, whereas rusting simply has a metal oxide as a product.


Is rusting of iron a combustion process?

No. Combustion is where something burns. Rusting is an example of oxidisation. ------------------ Yes, rusting is an example of slow combustion. And yes it is an oxidation reaction too, as Combustion is an oxidation reaction with an evolution of heat and/or light. In rudting there is: 1. Relase of energy. 2. Oxidation Hence, rusting is considered an oxidation reaction.


Rusting of iron is a slow type of combustion?

Rusting is an oxydation but not a combustion.


Difference between rusting and combustion?

Rusting is much slower than combustion, and rusting in the strictest sense can occur only with iron or its alloys.


Why is the chemical reaction for rusting steel similar to combustion of fossil fuel?

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Can the process of rusting be called combustion?

No; it is not combustion because in combustion substance react with oxygen first but in rusting the substance react with hydrogen first


Is rusting metal exothermic or endothermic?

It is an exothermic reaction. However, rusting of iron liberates only a small amount of heat as compared to other forms of metal corrosion.


What chemical change of rusting of iron?

The rusting of iron is a chemical change, where iron and oxygen are the reactants and rust is the product. The basic equation for this reaction is: 4Fe + 3O2 --> 2Fe2O3


Why rusting of iron is an oxidation reaction?

It is in fact a 'redox' reaction - it is both a reduction and an oxidation reaction. This is because certain elements within the reaction lose electrons, while others gain them. Therefore parts of the reaction are both reductions and oxidations.


Is rusting a slow combustion?

yes


How is rusting in an enothermic reaction applied in everyday life?

Rusting is an eXothermic reaction, not an eNDothermic.