rapid oxidation

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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

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

If this rapidly oxidising latex be mixed with normal latex, it would seem that the whole bulk of the latex is affected by this tendency to rapid oxidation.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

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