rapid oxidation

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This may take place slowly or rapidly, the two rates being designated as slow oxidation and rapid oxidation.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

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

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.

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

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