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It is shown that processes of electro- and thermogeneration of solvated electrons are incapable of providing experimentally-observed high (hundreds of A/cm2) rates of alkali metal self-dissolution in aqueous solutions.
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Korshunov, V.N., Safonov, V.A. Role of Hydrated Electrons in Self-Dissolution of Alkali Metals in Alkaline Media. Russian Journal of Electrochemistry 38, 1258–1259 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021170330944
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