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IT is usually assumed that no oxide film can exist on the surface of metallic silver heated in air above 200° C., since bulk silver oxide, when heated in air, decomposes completely into silver and oxygen at this temperature1. Recent work in this laboratory has shown that this is not the case.
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DAVIES, D. Oxide Films on Silver at High Temperatures. Nature 179, 1293–1294 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791293b0
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