a) i) Moist steel wool turns brown. In the presence of air and moisture, steel wool reacts to form rust
which is brown in colour
ii) The level of water raises. This is to occupy the space left by the part of air used during rusting
b) Rusting would occur faster since salinity accelerates rusting.
johnmulu answered the question on April 6, 2017 at 13:45
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