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1. M. M. A. E1-Naggarand N. A. D. Padee: Met. Trans., 1970, vol. 1, pp. 2975-77. 2. C. Lupis and J. Elliot: Trans. TMS-AIME, 1965, vol. 233, pp. 257-58. 3. E. S. Tankins, J. F. Erthal, and M. K. Thomas, Jr.: J. Electrochem. Soc., 1965, vol. 112, pp. 446-50. 4. R. Fruehan and F. Richardson: Trans. TMS-AIME, 1969, vol. 245, pp. 1721-26.

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p e r a t u r e c o n d i t i o n s . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , it w a s e x p e c t e d that nickel would probably increase the oxygen solub i l i t y s h o w i n g a n e g a t i v e eoM , b e c a u s e it is c o n s i d e r a b l y l e s s n o b l e t h a n c o p p e r . T h i s w a s not f o u n d , h o w e v e r , a n d p o s s i b l y c a n b e e x p l a i n e d a s b e i n g due to n i c k e l d e c r e a s i n g t h e a c t i v i t y of f r e e e l e c t r o n s on t h e a s s u m p t i o n t h a t o x y g e n u n d e r g o e s i o n i z a t i o n upon d i s s o l u t i o n a c c o r d i n g to +

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