Abstract
An electrochemical analysis of surface-controlled metal oxidation is presented. The reduction of molecular oxygen adsorbed on the oxide surface is broken into a number of steps. The possible rate-determining steps are analyzed in turn and the resultant rate equations derived. It is predicted that an Nth-root growth law will occur with N varying continuously over a limited range. A similar result for the pressure dependence of the oxidation rate is obtained.
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Bailey, J.M., Ritchie, I.M. An electrochemical analysis of surface control. Oxid Met 30, 419–432 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00659009
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