rapid oxidation

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When the plate is exposed to the air, rapid oxidation takes place because the oxygen of the air has a very large surface to act upon.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

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 Holden, Edward Singleton

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 Doolittle, William Henry

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.