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Which soda can loosen a rusty bolt?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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You are better off using a potato dipped in baking soda to remove rust.

The phosphoric acid in some soft drinks does react with iron oxide to form iron phosphate:

2 H3PO4 + Fe2O3 → 2 FePO4 + 3 H2O

But this doesn't remove the rust, it changes it to another compound with anti-corrosive properties, so a good rust neutraliser but not a good necessarily a rust remover (though some sources still say it is).

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