Rust results from a reaction called oxidation, in which iron reacts with water and oxygen to form hydrated iron (III) oxide.

We obtained aluminum powder by filing down old soda cans. We chose to use iron(III) oxide, or Fe 2 O 3, known more commonly as rust. We got rust off an old corrugated iron shed at the sawmill.

will completely reduce to iron oxide and other constituent elements over a long enough period of time. So, how to stop rust on a car? First you need to understand how cars become rusty ...

The book series draws its name, by the way, from the recording tape upon which the group imprinted their masterworks, those “ribbons of rust”—iron oxide bonded to polyethylene terephthalate.