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DURING corrosion, the more reactive metals, for example, aluminium, zirconium, titanium and uranium, usually form a protective oxide film which reduces the corrosion-rate to a low value. Recently, it has been observed that this low corrosion-rate can increase suddenly and the phenomenon has been termed ‘breakaway’. The cause of breakaway has not been finally established, but it appears that the effect is associated with a change in the protective oxide film.
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LLEWELYN LEACH, J. Surface Oxide Films and the Breakaway Corrosion of Uranium. Nature 182, 1085–1086 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821085a0
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