oxidation

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I learned to force a patina—a controlled oxidation to protect the blade—with vinegar.

From The Wall Street Journal

The discovery has been published in Materials Today in the paper titled "A sequential dual-passivation strategy for designing stainless steel used above water oxidation."

From Science Daily

"This bacterium is an autotrophic organism, like a plant. It does, however, not need light like a plant, as it draws its energy from phosphite oxidation."

From Science Daily

Antioxidants include a broad range of natural molecules, like vitamin C and synthetic molecules capable of protecting your food from oxidation.

From Salon

"But also, once you make ozone, there's a possibility for all these other oxidation reactions," Kroll says.

From Science Daily