Letter 19068

Rust [Texas]

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I am doing a science project to see if certain metals rust. I chose copper, lead, steel, aluminum, zinc, iron, and brass. I pretty sure that 4 of those don't rust(copper, lead, aluminum, and zinc) and 2 do(iron and steel) but I'm not sure if brass does.I don't want to seem stupid when I say it doesn't if it just takes a long time to rust, so if u could please tell me for sure which metals that I chose to do or do not rust. I put all of these metals in a glass jar with water and am waiting to see!!

Chloe
- Bryan, TX, U.S.A.

Brass does rust.

Caren S.
- Forest City Iowa

Actually it doesn't Caren, because rust is defined as the iron oxide products of corrosion of iron. So nothing that is not made of iron can rust.

That does not mean it can't corrode, and in fact all metals except precious metals like gold corrode to some degree.

 
Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com Inc. - Brick, NJ

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