Question

iron metal reacts slowly with oxygen and moisture of dam air air to form rust state whether the rust formed is acidic basic or neutral​

Answer 1

Answer:

The rust formed is basic .. metallic oxides are basic in nature . so rust is a base .

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Answer 2

Answer:

The rust is chemically ferric oxide(Fe2O3.xH2O)

Since, all metal oxides are basic in nature,ferric oxide will also be basic(Since it is the the oxide of a metal, namely iron).

Additional information-

Note here , x.H20 represents that the number of water molecules,attached to one formula unit of ferric oxide, is not fixed.