rusts
Iron's gradual decay
Rusts is the plural of rust—the reddish-brown corrosion that forms on iron and steel exposed to moisture.
Multiple rusts might appear on different surfaces: Rusts had developed on the old tools and garden furniture.
In botany, rusts are fungal plant diseases that produce rust-colored spores on leaves and stems.
Losing electrons chemically
- ironElement twenty-six
- metalHard conductive solid
- tarnishOxidation discoloration on metal
- decayGradual organic breakdown
deterioration · corrode · weathering · pitting · erosion · disintegration · crumbling · flaking
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- crop diseaseIllness affecting cultivated plants
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
infestation · pathogen · pustules · agricultural pest · plant disease · sporulation · overwinter · host plant
oxidation
Losing electrons chemically
decay · deterioration · corrode · weathering · pitting · erosion · disintegration · crumbling · flaking · brittle
Puccinia
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- crop diseaseIllness affecting cultivated plants
infection · infestation · pathogen · pustules · agricultural pest · plant disease · sporulation · overwinter · host plant · fungicide
- erodeserodes, corrodes, abrades, wears down, wears out
- fungal taxonomyAscomycota, smuts, boletes, chanterelles, puffballs
- fungimushroom, mushrooms, toadstool, toadstools, yeast
- rust fungipuccinia, host plants, sporulation, infection cycle
- goes badrots, spoils, molds, sours, curdles
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- rust bucketsSeverely corroded automobiles
- rusty nailsOxidized iron fasteners
- rusted outMetal eaten away completely
- rust removalEliminating metal oxidation
- rust stainOxidized metal discoloration
- rusty metalOxidized ferrous material
rust, rusty, rusted, rusting, rustproof, unrusted, rustproofing, rustless, antirust