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The Kinetics of the Growth of Oxides

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Electrochemical Materials Science

Part of the book series: Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry ((AN,volume 4))

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The growth of an oxide film on a metal surface involves the transport of matter and/or charge in at least three phases, the metal, the oxide film, and the oxidizing medium. Many metals form more than one stable oxide, and some oxides exist in both amorphous and crystalline forms. The oxides may possess pores or fissures complicating the transport processes, while grain boundaries and dislocations can provide short-circuit transport paths. To this potpourri must be added surface and space charges and the ever-elusive properties of at least two interfaces and their attendant processes. The result is an overwhelming range of possible—and no doubt actual—kinetic behavior.

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Dignam, M.J. (1981). The Kinetics of the Growth of Oxides. In: Bockris, J.O., Conway, B.E., Yeager, E., White, R.E. (eds) Electrochemical Materials Science. Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4825-3_5

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