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The early stages of the anodic oxidation of Ag(111) in during the application of potential steps, current steps, and potential sweeps have been investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Film thicknesses and surface coverages have been derived from the measurements by use of a dual‐layer optical model. The results are supported by SEM observations on selected specimens. Oxide crystals are found to nucleate from a previously formed homogeneous oxide layer. A decrease in number density of crystals of several orders of magnitude during film growth has been found and is attributed to the growth of larger crystals at the expense of smaller ones.
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