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When objects are left outside, such as a horseshoe, the iron reacts with oxygen to form rust. is it a chemical property of iron

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The iron is reacting in the presence of moisture with oxygen to form iron oxide (rust), Fe2O3.
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User Pedro Del Sol
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Answer:

It is a chemical reaction because it is a reaction to the oxygen

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