A corrosion mechanism for chemical reactions

The recognition that corrosion occurs by a mechanism involving two concurrent electron transfer processes at the same surface has implications elsewhere in chemistry. Perhaps this is a mechanism which should be considered for other chemical reactions. 

It has already been proposed in Chapter 3 that the catalysis of the sodium amalgam/water reaction 

A further example is electrodeless plating, where metals such as nickel and copper are plated from solutions containing their ions and a reducing agent (e.g. formaldehyde, hypophosphate, hydrazine) again, the reduction of the cupric or nickel ion and the oxidation of the reducing agent occur at different sites on the metals. 

963) An Introduction to Metallic Corrosion, Edward Arnold, London. 

Tomashov, N. D. (1966) Theory of Corrosion and Protection of Metals, Macmillan, London. 

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