That iron oxide is rust. Pure iron doesn’t oxidize as aggressively. Examine an old iron engine block and you’ll see a thin surface layer of rust but little penetration into the metal.

But when the task at hand is growing oxide layers on silicon chips in preparation for making your own integrated circuits, it turns out that the old Mark 1 eyeball is all you need. Alert readers ...

As it settled, sheets of red iron oxide were laid down between layers of silica-rich silt. Over hundreds of millions of years, the oxygen bound with all the soluble iron that was available in the ...

Scientists have uncovered that iron oxides, previously thought to trap phosphorus, actually help convert it into a ...

According to CNN, the breathtaking sight occurred on the Silver and Red beach on Hormuz Island in Iran. The tourist ...

Iron oxide—which is now dispersed across Mars—can form under different conditions. Scientists previously thought that the iron oxide on Mars’ surface was hematite, which likely formed ...