What is rust and is it the worst?
Chemistry For Your Life
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Why Does Vinegar Remove Rust?
There's a lot of salt water around the coast and it has more electrolytes dissolved in it, which means electrons can flow way more easily. So that's one fun fact. If you took all the salt out of water, theoretically, if you could get that somehow, you wouldn't really be able to rust. That's crazy to think about. On the plus, on the opposite side, if you put a lot more salt into your water, it would rust much more quickly. And so now let's have fun fact number two. Originally, Ryan's question was, why does vinegar remove rust? Mm-hmm.
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