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Which will react with oxygen the fastest?a steel beama steel bridge an iron nailiron powder

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Iron powder

Step-by-step explanation

The one with the highest surface area will react with oxygen the fastest.

This is because if the surface area of a reactant is increased; more particles are exposed to the other reactant, and there is a greater chance of particles colliding, which leads to more successful collisions per second. Hence the rate of reaction increases.

The one with the highest surface area is iron powder.

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