Informal vs. Formal Assessments. In order to properly understand what informal assessments are, we should first differentiate them from formal assessments. Formal assessments are designed to tell how well a student has progressed as evaluated against other students.
Rusting of iron consists of the formation of hydrated oxide, Fe(OH) 3, FeO(OH), or even Fe 2 O 3 .H 2 O. It is an electrochemical process which requires the presence of water, oxygen and an electrolyte. In the absence of any one of these rusting does not occur to any significant extent.
The tarnishing of silver is just one example of a broad class of oxidation-reduction reactions that fall under the general heading of corrosion. Another example is the series of reactions that occur when iron or steel rusts. When heated, iron reacts with oxygen to form a mixture of iron(II) and iron(III) oxides.