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Rusting - oxidation- corrosion.

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Q: Iron combines with oxygen in the air and causes?
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Causes of corrosion?

occurs when iron combines with oxygen in the air


Oxygen in the air combines with iron molecules on a frying pan to form?

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How can steel rust?

The iron part of steel combines with oxygen in the air, or dissolved in water. This is a chemical reaction, which produces iron oxide- rust.


Why does silver dull?

It's called oxidation. Rust if it were on steel. Oxygen in the air combines with the silver and causes it to darken.


When a nail rust iron from the nail combines with oxygen from the air to form what?

They combine to form rust. You might be able to guess from what's combining that "rust" is apparently an iron oxide.


What is produced when iron combines with oxygen?

The short answer is iron oxide. However, there are two common iron oxides. When you heat iron in air you get black iron oxide, Fe3O4. In more complex reactions red iron oxide, Fe2O3 is produced.


Why iron being rust?

Iron rusts as a result of corrosion, when iron, water, and oxygen combine. Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air, forming a weak carbonic acid. As the acid forms, the iron dissolves, and rust begins to form.


What makes rust?

Iron combines with oxygen in the air to form ferric oxide, also known as rust.


What occurs when oxygen combines with another compound to form water and carbon dioxide?

This is called combustion or oxidization. For example, from experience, burning an object will release CO2 into the air, and oxygen will rust iron.