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THE rates of oxidation of metals in gases at high temperatures are frequently influenced by the pressure of the gas. The dependence on pressure, which has in some cases been theoretically explained1, is generally small, often according to some fractional power2. During an investigation of the oxidation of aluminium alloys in high-temperature steam we have found a very much greater dependence on pressure.
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WILKINS, N., WANKLYN, J. An Oxidation Reaction Highly Dependent on Pressure. Nature 182, 653–654 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182653b0
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