7. Why would it be difficult to measure the rate of reaction for the rusting of iron?

For rusting, it is difficult to write an equation due to the complexity of the reaction. Thus, we can express the reaction like the following. According to the law of conservation of mass, the increased mass of nail and rust is the amount of oxygen.

Explanation:

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when [oh-] is 10-5  m, and [h3o+] is 10-9  m, the poh is 5 and ph is 9. again in both cases the sum of ph and poh is 14. however, the hydrogen ion concentration is not always going to be equal to exactly 1 x 10 raised to a negative number. for example, we skipped over the value of 2.0 x 10-7.