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hen there is free oxygen or carbon dioxide in boilerwater they quickly strip the protective layer of gaseous hydrogen fromthe surface of the iron and encourage further interchange of iron andhydrogen. This action will continue until all the free oxygen in thewater is used up. As an understanding of… … Fiyiir. The various fundamental substances with which we deal in therealm of physics and chemistry are known as elements. Includedamong them are the metals and the various gases such as oxygen, hy-drogen, nitrogen, and many others. The smallest division of one ofthese elements is called an atom and…
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