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Iron and Rust
Iron is a silvery solid white metal that can be found in Group VIII
of the periodic table. Iron’s atomic weight is 55.847 and its atomic
number is 26. Its chemical symbol is Fe. Iron can be found in the Earth’s
crust and is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust.
Rust, otherwise known as the corrosion ....
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.... also known as iron oxide. Rusting is a chemical reaction that takes
place rather slowly. Chemical Kinetics, the study of reaction rates,
states that three conditions must be met in order for a reaction to take
place: the molecules must collide; the molecules must be positioned in a
way so that the reactants are separated from the products; and the
collision must have enough energy to convert it into products.
Rates of reaction can be changed by changes in temperature and also
by changes in concentration. Raising the temperature increases the rate of
reaction by increasi ....
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