Why didn't steel wool rust in baking soda solution

Subject: Why didn't steel wool rust in baking soda solution

Date: Fri Jan 26 13:49:35 2001
Posted by Rebecca
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Area of science: Chemistry
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A small ball of steel wool in plain water, salt water, and vinegar water 
all rusted because of oxidation.  The iron molecules in the steel wool 
combined with oxygen molesules to form rust.  The water made it easier for 
the oxygen to attach to the iron so the steel wool left in air didn't rust 
but neither did the one in the baking soda solution.  Why not??

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