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Old 2008-11-19, 07:56 PM
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Default scientific inquiry project: Fresh VS Saltwater rusting help?

okay i have to make a scientific inquiry for school, im a freshman. i think i have my experiment figured out so far, im doing it on fresh vs salt rusting. Question is: Which causes metal (nails) to rust faster; saltwater or freshwater?
Hypothesis: im guessing freshwater, but i dont know why just seems good to me.
what do you think and why?
*i also need to come up with a graph* but i dont know how i should do it. HELP PLEASE
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Old 2008-11-19, 07:58 PM
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It's saltwater. The certain chemicals in most metals tend to react with sodium more violently than simply H2O.
For the graph, you could use amount of rust as a function of time.
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