Rust is caused by oxidation. If you take a piece of iron and you spray or paint it with a clear plastic then you are stopping the oxygen from getting to it. The result is that it can not rust....
However, it will oxidize and turn dark brown and then green over time. The Statue of Liberty looks green because copper has a property of turning green due to carbon dioxide and the moisture in the...
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen -- so readily, in fact, that pure iron is...