what is the brown substance appearing on iron nail after reaction

Dear Student,

The question seems incomplete as it is not mentioned that brown substance appears on iron nail after which reaction. Let us assume that you are talking about the experiment where iron nail is kept in copper sulphate solution. In this experiment, the brown coating is of Cu as Fe being more reactive displaces Cu2+ from the solution. 

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