How does flavored water rust a nail?

Answer 1

It's not the water that rusts a nail every time. Sometimes it is just the moisture in the air that rusts it. Almost any metal, when exposed to moisture, will rust in time. It rusts because the water molecules cause it to oxidize the metal. For example, when the French first gave the US. the Statue of Liberty, it was like a penny, shiny and made of copper. Now, it is still made of copper, but the metal has oxidized it green.

The moisture in the air is mostly water-- just little clumps of H2O molecules mixed in between the Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and whatever else is in the air. In places where the humidity is usually high, nails-- and any other unprotected steel-- will rust faster than places where the air is dry. Water itself does not cause the rust. But very little water is pure. Even rain drops trap dust particles and anything else that is in the air. Where water sits in contact with metal, it creates a miniature "chemistry lab" where the molecules in the metal interact with trapped molecules in-- and near-- the water to form oxides. Iron oxide looks reddish. Copper oxide looks greenish.

If there is salt or chlorine in the water, the oxidation is likely to happen faster.

Most metals oxidize. Gold is one does not. If you look at a Periodic Table of Elements, found in most Chemistry books and classrooms, you can figure out which other metals don't oxidize, and which ones oxidize more slowly or quickly. Hint: see how they line up with Gold-- symbol Au.

Answer 2

it cant i don't think because water is not supposed to do nothing wrong but if you leave your hand in the water for to long the only thing that will happen is that your skin will get all cranky that's all sorry i you did not get any information but i till tried :) PS: be %100 percent sure of what i said because that's only of what i think thank you :)

Answer 3

Rust is the result of either atmospheric attack or electrolytic action upon ferrous material and is active when moisture in the form of water is present. Water is hydrogen oxide (it is, after all, H20) and the presence of oxygen in the water and in the atmosphere increases the rate of oxidation of the metal. Other liquids contain little or no oxygen and shield the iron from attack by oxygen, thus no or little oxidation occurs.

Bleach rusts it fasstest

Answer 4

i know u are all gay. That's what makes the rust on metal. Combining it with oxygen.

Answer 5

Orange Juice contains acid which corrodes and helps rust metals. It chemically reacts with the nail and breaks it down quicker then in nature it would.

Answer 6

yes it does. about 3 hours after you put your nail inthe water it will rust

Answer 7

Its because of the oxygen