rust

     

Austenite (γ-iron; har) Bainite Martensite Cementite (iron carbide; Fe3C) Ledeburite (ferrite - cementite eutectic, 4.3% carbon) Ferrite (α-iron, δ-iron; soft) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) Spheroidite

Trivia about rust

  • Fe2O3 is ferric oxide, better known on your car's body as this
  • On iron, it's mainly hydrated ferric oxide
  • Perfectly dry iron doesn't do this because galvanic action won't take place without water being present
  • In the 1700s Georg Ernst Stahl coined the Phlogiston Theory, that a form of burning caused this on iron
  • This substance to watch for on your car is basically hydrated ferric oxide, Fe2O3
  • The common name for iron oxide
  • This fungal plant disease characterized by reddish spots shares its name with a product of oxidation
  • On April 25 Romans appeased Robigus, god of this--the kind that afflicts plants, not old cars
  • Though they're not made of iron, roses are susceptible to fungal infections producing orange spots called this
  • Peru's ferruginous pygmy owls are the color of this, which is formed by oxidation
  • One plant disease fuchsias are susceptible to is this one that sounds like oxidized metal
  • An olden theory said that when metallic iron loses its phlogiston, it becomes this remnant we know as an oxide

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