It will most probably rust first in salt water, I wanted to rust a chain so that i could keep it in the shape of an eight, so i soaked it in salty water for a day or two
Salt water does make nails rust faster than non-salted water, because when salt is added to water, it will rust the top layer of the nail, and then make the nail basically shed its top layer. Then the salt will rust that layer, and this process continues until the whole nail is rusted. Normal water can only really rust the top layer, and can't get to the rest of the nail.
It either cleans the nail, or makes the nail have rust.
Rust occurs when a metal oxidizes. The ingredients needed to make a metal rust is oxygen and breaking compounds such as the citric acid in orange juice or salty water in oceans.
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I will assume you are referring to a normal iron or steel nail. Such a nail will tend to oxidize (rust) whenever there is oxygen present. Submerging a nail in water will not deprive it from a source of oxygen. Generally speaking, water is a solution of H2O and a wide variety of chemical compounds that are in solution with it. Among these, and prominently so, are the gasses that comprise the atmosphere, including oxygen. This oxygen will readily combine with the iron in the nail to form rust. In fact, other compounds within the water may cause the reaction to occur more or less quickly than it would in the air. It is incredible how much gas is dissolved within water. Imagine a large pot of tap water on the stove. As it heats, bubbles begin to form on the sides, then collect together and rise to the surface. These bubbles are not bubbles of steam (gaseous water) like many people think, but dissolved air being forced out of the water. There are a lot of bubbles. Imagine how much air you would have if you could collect all the bubbles.
You rust a nail in either salt water or in vingar that what makes a nail rust
The dissolved oxygen in the water reacts with the nail to form rust.
The oxygen in the water reacts with the metal in the nail - forming metal oxide (rust)
A nail will rust faster in wet soil than water, but if the soil is not wet , the nail will rust faster in water. I hope this answers your question. Bye, Annette Pfohl
it would have to be salt water or vinegar or both to rust a steel nail
tap water will rust it faster. tap water lets more oxygen get to the nail and should cause it to rust in a few hours after being put in the water
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Distilled water will rust a nail faster as distilled water contains higher levels of OXYGEN which is what causes OXIDATION or commonly referred to as rust...
Humidity ... damp air, water from rains.
Sea water can rust nails or other metals.
the type of liquid that causes a nail to rust is vinegar
Salt Water!