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No. Atoms cannot be destroyed by chemical processes. When iron rusts it bonds with oxygen to form iron oxide.

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When iron rusts iron atoms are destroyed true or false?

False. When iron rusts, iron atoms are not destroyed. Instead, iron atoms combine with oxygen in the presence of water to form iron oxide (rust), which causes the iron to corrode.


When iron rusts iron atoms are destroyed True False?

False, iron atoms are converted to iron oxide


What is the reducing agent when iron rusts?

The reducing agent when iron rusts is the iron itself. Iron atoms lose electrons to oxygen atoms in the presence of water and oxygen gas, leading to the formation of iron oxide (rust).


When an iron nail rusts what does its mass do?

The iron is reacting with other substances in the surrounding enviornment. This typically changes the iron atoms into molecules of iron oxide. Because the rust contains more atoms, the iron and now oxygen atoms, the mass of the nail increases.


What chemical change takes place when an iron nail rusts?

Bonds are formed between some of the iron atoms in the nail and oxygen atoms from the air.


What transition metal rusts when exposed to oxygen?

Iron is the transition metal that rusts when exposed to oxygen, forming iron oxide.


There are 10 grams of iron in a sealed container with moist air The sealed container with iron and moist air weighs a total 15 grams what is true after the iron rusts?

After the iron rusts, it will combine with oxygen from the air to form iron oxide. Since the total weight of the sealed container after the iron rusts is still 15 grams, the added weight will be the mass of the oxygen atoms that combined with the iron to form iron oxide.


Is iron nail biodegradable?

No. Iron rusts but it is not biodegradable.


Why is most Iron in the world not found as the metal?

Iron rusts.


What happens to the atoms of iron when iron rust?

When iron rusts, it reacts with oxygen to form iron oxide. The iron atoms lose electrons and become oxidized, creating iron oxide compounds like Fe2O3 or Fe3O4. This process weakens the iron structure and causes it to flake and crumble over time.


What rusts faster?

iron


When iron rusts does its weight increase or decrease?

Actually it doesn't affect its weight at all. During the chemical change that occurs when iron rusts, the weight does not change because weight never changes during a chemical reaction because nothing new is being created nor destroyed, only combined.