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First of all Nails in salt water rust quicker. That's because salt is sodium chloride and that affects a nail by rusting it.No i did a experiment on which one rust faster. After 5 days the nail in the tap water rusted way faster than the nail in the salt water.

With DISTILLED water, the nail will not rust as fast as the salt. TAP water will rust faster then salt.

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Water will cause iron and steel to rust ( Oxidise into FeO2 ). Dissimilar metals rust more quickly than pure metals as a result of electrochemical reactions, this is why steel rusts quicker than iron, also joints between dissimilar metals rust very quickly. Salt water will accelerate rusting because salt water is a better electrical conductor. rust is an endothermic reaction, so heat also speeds it.

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It doesn't. Either the definitions for the words your using are nonstandard or your conclusion was made from a faulty interpretation of some experiment.

Instead of asking a question that is dependant upon your own conclusion, why not simply ask what you want to know and give the facts that you have, rather than your own conclusions?

For example, if you saw a nail rust in distilled water and thought it was fast, give your question"why did I observe a metal nail of unknown composition form a reddish brown residue on its surface, presumably rust, in a jar containing distilled water from the store, at a rate that seems faster than typical?"

Your the one with the question, don't draw your own conclusions :)

I'm thinking that perhaps your conclusion is a result of a misconception that the mass of rust/oxidation of a nail immersed in various aqueous solutions is neccesarily proportional to the mass of reddish brown solid adhearing to the nail's surface. This isn't true.

Provide your data and explain how you reached your conclusion, and folks will help you out : )

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Iron nails will rust faster than those made of steel or other alloys.

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because the salt removes the rust that is forming from the tap water

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The nail will rust faster in salt water.

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