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Vinegar and salt solution, the acetic acid from the vinegar dissolves the copper oxide. The copper from the copper oxide stays in the liquid

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What dissolves iron oxide?

vinegar and salt dissolves it


Can you use apple cider vinegar in a steam iron to clean it?

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Because vinegar contains acetic acid; acids are corrosive, and rust is a form of corrosion. The hydrogen ions of the vinegar form an intermediary as iron reacts with oxygen in the air. Rust is the common name for iron oxide.


How do you clean a burned iron?

To clean a steam iron use white vinegar, the same as you would to clean a coffee pot. Fill the resiviour with a half water half vinegar solution, let it heat, then push the steam button until the resiviour is half empty.the dump out the rest and rinse the resiviour 4-5 times with clean water pushing the stream button until the steam no longer smells like vinegar......viola you have a clean iron!


What is the name of the ionic compound FeO?

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Is rust an element of iron and oxygen called iron oxide?

Rust is not an element but compounds of iron. The brown oxide of iron is ferrous oxide and the black oxide of iron is ferric oxide.


Is iron oxide a gas?

No, iron oxide is a solid.


What is the formula for iron (III) oxide?

FeO for ferrous oxide, ( iron(II) oxide); Fe2O3 for ferric oxide, (iron(III) oxide) and Fe3O4 for ferrous ferric oxide, (iron (II,III) oxide)


What elements are in iron oxide?

We know that iron (Fe) and oxygen (O) make up iron oxide. (There is more than one oxide of iron, by the way.)


What is the iron II oxide formula?

FeO for ferrous oxide, ( iron(II) oxide); Fe2O3 for ferric oxide, (iron(III) oxide) and Fe3O4 for ferrous ferric oxide, (iron (II,III) oxide)


What is the main compound in rust?

The scientific name for rust is iron oxide. It is made up of the elements iron and oxygen. Turning iron to iron oxide is an example of corrosion.


Iron oxide formula?

Iron II oxide: FeO Iron III oxide: Fe2O3