Journal
MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 89-96Publisher
SCIENCE REVIEWS 2000 LTD
DOI: 10.3184/096034010X12710805379897
Keywords
oxidation; ferritic steels; AISI 430 stainless steel; Nb stabilized AISI 430; unstabilized AISI 430; Ar-H(2)-H(2)O; air; argon; oxygen partial pressure
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- FAPEMIG
- CNPq Brazilian Agencies
- CNRS (France)
- UEMA/Brazil
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The effect of oxygen partial pressure and temperature on the oxidation behaviour of unstabilized and Nb-stabilized AISI 430 ferritic stainless steels were investigated over the temperature range 850-950 degrees C in air, Ar+1 vpm O(2) or Ar-H(2)-H(2)O atmospheres. Isothermal thermogravimetric analyses were performed for 50 h. The microstructure of the oxide films grown on the steels were characterized by SEM and chemical analyses were performed by EDS, grazing X-ray diffraction and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Nb-stabilized AISI 430 steel is more resistant to oxidation than unstabilized AISI 430 under all tested conditions, except above 900 degrees C in Ar-H(2)-H(2)O. While the oxidation behaviour of unstabilized AISI 430 is strongly affected by the atmosphere composition, Nb-stabilized AISI 430 oxidation rates do not depend strongly on the atmosphere. For both steels, the chemical analyses show Cr2O3 as the main phase in the oxide scales, but solid solutions such as FeFe(2-x)Cr(x)O(4) and MnCr(2)O(4) formed in almost all scales for atmospheres of Ar+1 vpm O(2) or in Ar-H(2)-H(2)O, and Fe(2)O(3) and Mn(1.5)Cr(1.5)O(4), are also observed for oxidation in air.
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