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Is rusting of iron a combustion process ?

Rusting and combustion are two very different processes that cannot be compared. Rusting is the corrosion of iron metal. It is defined as the slow decay of iron metal in the presence of air and moisture where materials made of iron are deteriorated and a brown substance called rust is deposited on their surface. This process produces no heat and no light. Also, it is a very slow process.

Combustion on the other hand is the process in which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat. Combustion is an exothermic process i.e., the process is accompanied with the evolution of heat. The release of heat may or may not result in the production of light. Thus, two important things required for the process of combustion to take place are a fuel (combustible substance) and supporter of combustion (oxygen). Unlike rusting, this is not a slow process.

The only similarity between the two processes is the presence of oxygen for the oxidation of the substance. Apart from that there is no particular similarity.

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Rusting and combustion are two very different processes that cannot be compared. Rusting is the corrosion of iron metal. It is defined as the slow decay of iron metal in the presence of air and moisture where materials made of iron are deteriorated and a brown substance called rust is deposited on their surface. This process produces no heat and no light. Also, it is a very slow process.

Combustion on the other hand is the process in which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat. Combustion is an exothermic process i.e., the process is accompanied with the evolution of heat. The release of heat may or may not result in the production of light. Thus, two important things required for the process of combustion to take place are a fuel (combustible substance) and supporter of combustion (oxygen). Unlike rusting, this is not a slow process.

The only similarity between the two processes is the presence of oxygen for the oxidation of the substance. Apart from that there is no particular similarity.

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 Yes

 

Combustion is a chemical process in which a substance reacts with oxygen and gives out energy during the process in the form of either heat or light or both. Rusting of iron is an exothermic process as heat is released during rusting. Hence, it is a kind of slow combustion

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 rusting of iron is a oxidation process. in this iron gets oxidised n is rusted out.(actually combustion and rusting both are oxidation, just that the rate of oxidation varies in like burning of gasoline or alcohol and rusting of iron)

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 Combustion is a chemical process in which a substance reacts with oxygenand gives out energy during the process in the form of either heat or light or both. Rusting of iron is an exothermic process as heat is released during rusting. Hence, it is a kind of slow combustion.

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Hi,
Combustion is a process in which oxidation of a matter occurs with the production of heat or light or both.
Rusting of iron is a combustion reaction because it involves oxidation of iron, an exothermic reaction. With rust, the iron atoms combine with the oxygen atoms in the air forming iron oxide or 'rust'. The rusting of metals is a slow combustion, and scientists have proved that, with decay, it develops heat. Iron can be easily burned in pure oxygen, with the production of intense light and heat.
 
To give you more insight, slow burning sometimes becomes rapid, and then we have what is called spontaneous combustion. When cotton or tow which has become soaked with oil is laid aside in heaps, the oxygen of the air begins to unite with it; but the heat developed causes the oxidation to go on faster and faster, until in some cases the mass bursts into a flame
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No, it's oxidation. Rust is formed when a metal oxidizes via a catalyst such as water.

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It's oxidation. Rust is formed when a metal oxidizes via a catalyst such as water.

rusting is an example of slow combustion. And yes it is an oxidation reaction too, as Combustion is an oxidation reaction with an evolution of heat and/or light.

 

In rudting there is:

1. Release of energy. 2. Oxidation

 

 

Hence, rusting is considered an oxidation reaction.

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Yes

 

Combustion is a chemical process in which a substance reacts with oxygen and gives out energy during the process in the form of either heat or light or both. Rusting of iron is an exothermic process as heat is released during rusting. Hence, it is a kind of slow combustion.

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Rusting and combustion are two very different processes that cannot be compared. Rusting is the corrosion of iron metal. It is defined as the slow decay of iron metal in the presence of air and moisture where materials made of iron are deteriorated and a brown substance called rust is deposited on their surface. This process produces no heat and no light. Also, it is a very slow process.

Combustion on the other hand is the process in which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat. Combustion is an exothermic process i.e., the process is accompanied with the evolution of heat. The release of heat may or may not result in the production of light. Thus, two important things required for the process of combustion to take place are a fuel (combustible substance) and supporter of combustion (oxygen). Unlike rusting, this is not a slow process.

The only similarity between the two processes is the presence of oxygen for the oxidation of the substance. Apart from that there is no particular similarity.

You decide that it is or not ......

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