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WHILE iron rusts quite easily in air, such baser metals as aluminium, magnesium, zinc, etc., do not manifest this tendency and retain their metallic lustre for a considerable length of time. This common-place fact is interesting but requires experimental study for a full understanding. For a study of metal surfaces as in these cases, the method of electron diffraction is most powerful.
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Preston, G. D., and Bircumshaw, L. L., Phil. Mag., 22, 654 (1936).
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IITAKA, I., YAMAGUCHI, S. Electron Diffraction Examination of Oxide Films on Light Metals. Nature 144, 1090–1091 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441090b0
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