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Thin cerium overlayers, 3-10 Å, on aluminum are found to enhance dramatically the oxidation of the substrate at room temperature. Two logarithmic oxidation regimes are observed in the growth curve, one is assigned to the formation of a thin layer of a mixed Ce-Al oxide, and the other to the growth of bulk Al oxide.
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Raaen et al. (1990) studied this question.
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