The body of a desert cooler made up of iron, gets rusted because it is exposed to and oxygen.

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Solution

The correct option is A water
In the process of rusting, iron reacts with oxygen and moisture to form hydrated iron oxide (rust) as per the following reaction:
$2 F e (s) + \frac{3}{2} O_{2} (g) + n H_{2} O (l) \to F e_{2} O_{3} . n H_{2} O (s)$

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