Under anaerobic conditions, iron and steel alloys are slowly oxidized by the protons of water concomitantly reduced in molecular hydrogen (H
2). The anaerobic corrosion of iron leads first to the formation of ferrous hydroxide (green rust) and can be described by the following reaction:
Is there an answer to this question (If it cannot be answered, say "unanswerable"): What does the anaerobic corrosion of iron lead to?
formation of ferrous hydroxide