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When iron in the rock or steel rusts, it’s taking some of the iron and turning it into iron oxide. Bill Nye says it’s ____________________ erosion.

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is oxidation reaction

Rusting is an oxidation reaction. The iron reacts with water and oxygen to form hydrated iron(III) oxide, which we see as rust.

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