Iron sheet kept in moist air covered with rust Rust is ........

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Iron sheet kept in moist air covered with rust. Rust is

an element

a compound

a mixture of iron and dust

a mixture of iron, oxygen and water

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Explanation:

a compound

Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture. Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, and is typically associated with the corrosion of refined iron.