LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF COPPER - THE FORMATION OF CUO

Authors
LENGLET M KARTOUNI K MACHEFERT J CLAUDE JM STEINMETZ P BEAUPREZ E HEINRICH J CELATI N
Citation
M. Lenglet et al., LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF COPPER - THE FORMATION OF CUO, Materials research bulletin, 30(4), 1995, pp. 393-403
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Materials research bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
00255408
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
393 - 403
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-5408(1995)30:4<393:LOOC-T>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The study of the early stages of low temperature copper oxidation reve als unambiguously a fast process of Cu to Cu3O2 and a slow process for the formation of CuO and demonstrates the mechanism of nucleation of CuO as a result of the aggregation of vacancies internally in cuprous oxides.