I am doing this project and I need to know what materials will rust?

Answer 1

All materials that contain iron will rust, unless it contains very high amounts of carbon such as stainless steel that is. the simple answer to this question is all ferrous metals "rust" almost all others oxidise. oxidisation is caused when Oxygen and Water vapour attack the surface. the only natural metals that do not rust or oxidise are Gold and Silver. there are other exceptions too such as stainless steel but this is a man made alloy. A simple rule of thumb. if a magnet will stick to it. it will rust. another observation is when blood dries it goes a rust colour, this is because it contains high amounts of IRON

Answer 2

Metals with iron in them will rust. Most other metals will oxidize in one form or another. Plastic won't, though if you're looking for something conductive, that's obviously not the best choice. Wood rots, but doesn't rust, plastic doesn't rust, but neither are conductive. For that, the materials that come to mind are nickel and chrome, perhaps silver (though that may be a bit expensive for some tastes). Stainless steel, maybe? I think that takes longer to rust, if it rusts at all.

Perhaps if we knew more about this project of yours, we could give you better answers...

Answer 3

Rust by definition is iron oxide, so the only materials that will rust are those containing iron.

Answer 4

Iron will rust, steel will rust (unless it is stainless steel) copper might I'm not sure.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

most steels will have high percentage to have rust.

Answer 6

Look up corrosion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion

Copper turns green, like the statue of liberty, or black like an old penny

Answer 7

what cff said