Rust travel guide

Rust is a general term for a series of iron oxides formed by the reaction of iron with oxygen in the presence of water. Several forms of rust are distinguishable visually and by spectroscopy, and form under different circumstances. Rust is consists of hydrated iron(III) oxides Fe O ·nH O, iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH), Fe(OH). Rusting is the common term for corrosion of iron and its alloys, such as steel. Other metals undergo equivalent corrosion, but the resulting oxides are not commonly called rust. Given sufficient time, oxygen, and water, any iron mass eventually converts entirely to rust and disintegrates. The corrosion of aluminium is extremely slow because the resulting aluminium oxide forms a conformal coating, which protects the remaining aluminium a process known as passivation. (...) more…