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Offline bohojekek

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Oxidation and reduction reactions for iron rusting
« on: April 10, 2024, 01:18:10 AM »
Attached below is my working to find the oxidation and reduction reactions of iron rusting. I wanted to double check if the final reduction and oxidation reactions are correct.

Is it appropriate for me to just remove spectator ions? When I combine the reduction and oxidation reaction does it need to give me exactly the original overall equation I started with?

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Re: Oxidation and reduction reactions for iron rusting
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2024, 01:59:42 AM »
Oxidation state of iron is not + 4, its +3.
And Symbol is Fe not Fe
Rust is more or less Fe2O3 and FeOOH

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