rapid oxidation
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Hence it is a kind of combustion, although this term is more generally applied to very rapid oxidation, with the evolution of sensible light and heat.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various
This latter process is one of rapid oxidation.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden
Fabroni of Florence, and Sir Humphry Davy and Wollaston of England, commenced interesting experiments, showing that rapid oxidation and chemical decomposition of the metals took place in the voltaic pile.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
Slow and rapid oxidation, while differing widely in their effects upon surrounding objects, are alike in that both produce heat and form compounds of oxygen.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Copper is another metal that requires a flux because of its rapid oxidation under heat.
From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Harold P. (Harold Phillips) Manly
