Abstract
This paper highlights the aspects of peroxideformation on the surfaces of metallic origin, during the formativestages of oxide corrosion products. It is argued that oxygen inOH~(-) ions, in presence of photonic fluxes, motivate the OH~(-)ions to interact with each other electrocatalytically, formingH_2O_2 on selective metallic sites and the peroxides formedperforms the function of a convenient surface oxidizers. It isfurther argued that in ambient air corrosion, the peroxides may beeffective during the formative stages of surface deterioration,where energy barriers are to be crossed. The hypothesis has beensupported by a set of experimental test results.
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