KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AMBARNATH

CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

ON

STUDY OF EFFECT OF METAL COUPLING IN

RUSTING OF IRON

Name of Student- Pushkar Mishra

Class- XII A
Board Roll no.-
Session- 2022-23
 CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Pushkar Mishra, a student of class XII A has
successfully completed the CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT on Study
of effect of Metal Coupling in Rusting of Iron under the guidance of Smt.
Shipra R Gupta (Chemistry Teacher) during the year 2022-23 in partial
fulfillment of Chemistry Practical Examination conducted by CBSE, New
Delhi.

Date-

Signature of External Examiner Signature of Chemistry Teacher

Signature of Principal School stamp

Acknowledgement
In the accomplishment of this project successfully, many
people have best owned upon me their blessings and the
heart pledged support, this time I am utilizing to thank all the
people who have been concerned with project.
I hereby acknowledge my deep sense of gratitude and
indebtedness to our Principal Sir , Shri Deepak Singh
Bhati whose immense help, genius guidance,
encouragement and inspiration made this work successful.
Then I would like to thank our Chemistry teacher, Smt.
Shipra R Gupta, whose valuable guidance has been the
ones that helped me patch this project and make it full proof
success. Her suggestions and her instructions has served as
the major contributor towards the completion of the project.

I would also like to thank our lab assistant Shri Vijay

Pawar for guiding me on a systematic basis and ensuring
that in completed all my experiments with ease.
Then I would like to thank my parents who have helped
me with their valuable suggestions and guidance has
been helpful in various phases of the completion of the
project.
Last but not the least I would like to thank my
classmates who have helped me a lot.
INDEX

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. AIM OF PROJECT
3. INTRODUCTION
4. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS
5. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
6. OBSERVATIONS
7. CONCLUSION
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 AIM OF THE PROJECT

To investigate effect of the metals

coupling on the rusting of iron.

INTRODUCTION
Metals and alloys undergo rusting and corrosion. The process by which some
Metals when exposed to atmospheric conditions i.e., moist air, carbon dioxide
form undesirable compounds on the surface is known as Corrosion. The
compounds formed are usually oxides.

Rusting is also a type of corrosion but the term is restricted to iron or products
made from it. Iron is easily prone to rusting. Chemically, rust is a hydrated
ferric oxide Fe2O3.nH2O. Rusting may be explained by an electrochemical
mechanism. In the presence of moist air containing dissolved oxygen or CO2,
the commercial iron behaves as if composed of small electrical cells. At anode
of cell, iron passes in to solution as ferrous ions.

FE Fe2++2e-

The electrons from move towards the cathode and form hydroxyl ions.

H2O + (O) + 2e- 2OH-

Under the influence of dissolved oxygen the ferrous ions and hydroxyl ions
interact from rust, i.e., hydrated ferric oxide.

2Fe2+ + H2O + (O) 2Fe3+ + 2OH-

2Fe3+ + 6OH- Fe2O3.3H2O (rust) or 2Fe(OH)3

 If supply of oxygen is limited the corrosion product may be black anhydrous
magnetite,Fe3O4

Preventing Corrosion
Some of the methods used to prevent corrosion are
discussed here :
1.Barrier Protection. In this method, a barrier film is introduced between iron surface
and atmospheric air . The film is obtained by painting,varnishing etc.

2.Galvanization. The metallic iron is covered by a layer of more active metal

such as zinc. The active metal loses electrons in preference to iron.

Zn Zn2+ + 2e-
 Thus protecting iron from rusting and corrosion.,

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS

A. Four watch glass
B. Four iron nails
Beaker
Sand paper
Wire gauge
Burner
C. Filter paper
D. Starch
E. Carbon Tetrachloride
Copper, Zinc and Magnesium strips
Measuring cylinder
F. Glass rod
Spatula
 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
1. Clean the surface of iron nails with the help of sand paper. Wash
them
with carbon tetrachloride and dry on filter paper.

2. Wind a clean zinc strip around one nail, a clean copper wire
around the
second and clean magnesium strip around the third nail. Put all these
three and a fourth nail in watch glass so that they are not in contact
with each other.

3. Take a beaker add 10 ml of water using the measuring cylinder.

Add half spatula of starch to it. Heat it and mix the solution with
glass rod to form thick paste of starch sol.

4. Apply the sol over all the four nails and cover them. Keep the
covered watch glass undisturbed for one day or two.

OBSERVATIONS

S No Metal pair RUST SEEN ON NAIL RUST SEEN ON THE STRIP

1. Iron-Zinc YES YES
2. Iron-Magnesium YES YES
3. Iron-Copper YES YES
4. Iron-Nail YES -NIL-
 CONCLUSION
It is clear from the observation that coupling of
iron with more electropositive metals such as zinc
and magnesium resists corrosion and rusting of
iron. Coupling of iron with less electropositive
metals such as copper increases rusting.
 BIBLOGRAPHY

 Comprehensive (practical Chemistry-XII)

 Internet- www.wikipedia.com
 NCERT Chemistry Textbooks
 http://projects.icbse.com/chemistry