When its thin sheets stack together to form layers ... electrochemical oxidation in a water and nitric acid bath. Similar to ...

Foods which contain edible oils will spoil once exposed to oxygen from the air due to oxidation reactions ... spoil due to the formation of butanoic acid as the butter is hydrolysed.

Upon addition of hydrogen peroxide to Rochelle's salt (sodium potassium tartrate), the hydrogen peroxide decomposes and tartaric acid is oxidized. This reaction proceeds very slowly at room ...

The process involves exfoliating carbon fibers with nitric acid, which provides high yields of one-atom-thick sheets of graphene ... undergoes high-temperature oxidation and graphitization.