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Stewstew42
Feb 16, 2018, 5:30:20 PM
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Rust forms because iron and oxygen are highly ______ elements.

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miyuki
Feb 16, 2018, 8:50:19 PM

Iron and Oxygen are both highly reactive elements which have a substantial electronegativity difference and therefore on exposure to one another bond readily forming Iron Oxides which are observed as Rust.

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