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
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.
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
Water is the great extinguisher of this as of the more rapid oxidation that we call combustion; and the decomposition of plant-tissue under water is extremely slow, from the partial exclusion of oxygen.
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
