Rust Question
Rust Question
Rust Question
drying oil
agent
boiled water
water
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(b) Zinc can be used to coat iron nails to prevent them from rusting.
(i) What is the name of this process?
(1)
(ii) If the layer of zinc on the nail is scratched, sacrificial protection prevents the iron
from rusting.
Explain, with the help of two ionic half-equations, how this type of
sacrificial protection works.
Use symbols from the box in your equations. You may use each symbol once,
more than once or not at all.
Fe Zn Fe2+ Zn2+ e– + – o
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(c) Electroplating is another method of rust prevention.
This apparatus can be used to electroplate an iron nail.
copper rod
iron nail
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