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Why does iron attract oxygen?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Iron doesn't attract oxygen, it is just that iron is being oxidized since there is abundant of oxygen in the air. If we refer to the electrochemical series, any element above H will be oxidized easily in nature since they are more reactive than H and therefore, can replace H from H2O.

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