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5.4 Corrosion and Rusting 5.4 Corrosion and Rusting
5.4 Corrosion and Rusting 5.4 Corrosion and Rusting
CORROSION
Rusting
special name given to the corrosion of iron and steel.
iron + oxygen + water ---> hydrated iron oxide (rust)
Rust is actually hydrated iron oxide
Both air and water need to be present for iron to rust.
The presence of salt or acid speeds up the rusting of iron.
Tanks left in the desert since the end of the Second World War
show hardly any signs of rust
Ships that have sunk in deep areas of the oceans hardly rust at all,
because there is very little air dissolved in the water of the deepest
parts of the ocean.
Iron and steel structures built in or near to the sea rust very
quickly.
Iron is relatively abundant and cheap and when made into steel can
be made to have a variety of useful properties
Iron and steel are the most widely used metals in the world
Iron and steel usually rust when exposed to air and water.
OBSERVATION --->
METHODE
CONCLUSION
Five identical iron nails were placed in test tubes Both air and water need to be present for iron to rust.
The test tubes were left for a few days and then The presence of salt or acid speeds up the rusting of iron.
examined for thepresence of rust.
The results of the investigation were recorded
below each test tube.
METHOD OBSERVATION
setting up the simple experiment shown