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The process of iron combining with oxygen to form rust is considered a chemical change because rust has?
Because after this chemical reaction a new compound is formed - iron oxide.
What planet has iron rocks combine with oxygen to form iron oxide?
pluto
Formation of rust?
Formation of rust is a type of chemical reaction called corrosion, Corrosion of an iron metal occurs when it reacts with either water or air to form a substance called hydrated iron oxide, also called rust.
What will happen when combining of iron with oxygen and moisture?
ummm well... take an iron bar, pour some water on it, and expose it into the air. nothing happens.
How is iron extracted from rocks?
Iron ores consists mostly of oxygen and iron atoms bonded together into molecules. To convert these oxides or iron to metallic iron, they must be smelted or sent through a direct reduction process to remove the oxygen. Oxygen-iron bonds are strong, and to remove the iron from the oxygen, a stronger elemental bond must be presented to attach to the oxygen. Carbon is used because the strength of a carbon-oxygen bond is greater than that of the iron-oxygen bond, and the process is done at high temperatures. The iron ore must be powdered and mixed with coke, which is essentially carbon, and the whole must be burnt in the smelting process.It is reduced with carbon by smelting. It is placed in a furnace with carbon coke and lime is added to reduce impurities
What process by which iron in rocks react with oxygen is called?
This is an oxydation reaction.
The process of iron combining with oxygen to form rust is considered a chemical change because rust has?
Because after this chemical reaction a new compound is formed - iron oxide.
Oxygen can cause rocks containing iron to rust in the process of what?
Photosynthesis. Oxygen molecules are released as a by product of photosynthesis, which causes iron to rust. The rust on rocks also proves we had an abundance of oxygen 2.5 billion years ago, which was caused by cyanobacteria ( and others as well maybe ).
Oxygen in air causes iron to rust so iron and oxygen are what in this process?
a process called Oxidation
What planet has iron rocks combine with oxygen to form iron oxide?
pluto
Iron is made with carbon or oxygen?
Neither. Iron is mined and then extracted from its ore.Steel, though is often made by combining iron with carbon
What chemical reaction forms rust?
The chemical process is called rusting. It occurs when iron (or iron containing metals) reacts with oxygen and in the presence of water to form rust. It is a redox reaction; iron is oxidised and oxygen (gas) is reduced in this process.
Why don't iron usually form chemical bonds?
Iron does form chemical bonds, for example, when it rusts it is combining with oxygen.
What is gas causing rocks to contain iron to oxidize?
Oxygen.
Which feature of Mars is a result of iron combining with oxygen in the atmosphere of mars?
the reactivation of the planet's volcanoes
Formation of rust?
Formation of rust is a type of chemical reaction called corrosion, Corrosion of an iron metal occurs when it reacts with either water or air to form a substance called hydrated iron oxide, also called rust.
Does oxygen and carbon dioxide contribute to weathering?
It is the iron combining with oxygen in the presence of water causing "rusting" Hope that helped fools
