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Oct 20, 2015

The "chemical property" responsible for all material interactions is the available oxidation states of an elements atoms.

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The ability of iron (Fe) to exist as the pure metal with an oxidation state of '0', and two oxidized states of +2 and +3 allows it to form compounds with oxygen from the air, or from water. These iron oxides FeO and #Fe_2O_3# are what we call 'rust'.

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