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.

Copper is another metal that requires a flux because of its rapid oxidation under heat.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

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

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

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