rapid oxidation

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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 Walters, Francis M.

This latter process is one of rapid oxidation.

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton

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 Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

The heat of dilution of the sulfuric acid will cause the nitrotoluene to melt, and rapid oxidation will soon take place.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

Fire is a chemical process, it is rapid oxidation, and oxidation is a disintegrating process, while life is an integrating process, or a balance maintained between the two by what we call the vital force.

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John