Cast iron skillets are sturdy, heat-retaining cookware that can cost a pretty penny, so when you start to see rust on them, it's normal to panic. However, there's no need to do so. First off, it ...

“Corrosion” is a general term for the breakdown of bonds among molecules in a material — like the way battery acid can corrode the metal inside a flashlight. A more specific chemical alteration term — ...

With proper care, a cast-iron pan can last you a lifetime. But little mistakes, like this well-intentioned storage practice, can ruin it with rusting.

Simple cast iron rust fixes you can do at home. Rusty pans are unsightly and often go unused, but the good news is that removing rust from cast iron is fixable and preventable. Chris Wing, known as ...

Iron (blue) can react with trace amounts of water to produce corrosive chemicals. (Courtesy: Evgeni Penev/Rice University) Iron has been an important metal to humans for thousands of years, but it has ...