Change the places of 'acts against the motion of an object' and 'causes an object to change speed or direction'
Answer:
Wouldn't rust because zinc will lose electrons more readily than iron and will therefore oxidize first.
Explanation:
This process whereby rusting of steel is prevented by coating the steel with a layer of zinc is known as galvanization.
Now, in this process, the steel object will be coated in a thin layer of zinc. This coating will prevent oxygen and water from reaching the underneath metal since the zinc will also act as a sacrificial metal.
Now, Zinc is used because it has a lower reduction potential than iron and thus it will get easily more oxidized than iron. Which means the zinc will lose electrons more readily than iron.
Also, since zinc has a lower reduction potential, it is therefore the more active metal. Thus, even if the zinc coating is scratched and the steel is exposed to moist air, the zinc will still get to oxidize before the iron.
The correct answer from the choices given is the third option. Covalent compounds have low boiling points. Also, their melting points are low. Covalent bonds have relatively low attractions which results to these properties. The bonds are easily broken by taking energy or adding energy.