effects of saltwater,sugarwater,vinager,and tapwater on rust

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pyro1423
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Project Question: will a nail rust faster in sugar water, salt water, tap water, or vinager
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effects of saltwater,sugarwater,vinager,and tapwater on rust

Post by pyro1423 »

im doing a project on how sugarwater, saltwater, vinager, and tapwater effect the rate off rusting on nails. im stuck :? and need some help?
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strawberryman
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Re: effects of saltwater,sugarwater,vinager,and tapwater on

Post by strawberryman »

I would suggest that you put a regular nail into each kind of solution and check everyday to see how much rust is covering the nail. I would measure it in terms of the fraction or precentage that is covered with rust. Then make a plot of the percentage covered for each solution with the x axis being the number of days since the project started.
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