Atomistic Modeling of Corrosion Events at the Interface between a Metal and Its Environment

Figure 5

Charge-induced reaction sequence for the activation and migration of H₂O (a)–(c), OH (c)–(e) and O (e)–(g) on Cu(111), followed by oxidation of Cu (f)-(g) effected by adsorbed oxygen [99].

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