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Analytical electron microscopy of a selective oxide scale formed on 20% Cr-25% Ni-Nb stainless steel

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A selective oxidation process has been developed to protect a 20%Cr/25%Ni/Nb stainless steel during exposure to carbon dioxide based environments at ≲700°C. The composition and microstructure of transverse sections of the 0.6 μm thick selective oxide scale produced has been examined by analytical electron microscopy. This has highlighted the role of easy diffusion paths in the steel in enabling chromium movement to form the outer Cr2O3 layer and the mechanism by which the inner amorphous silica layer grows. The implications of the physical and chemical characteristics of the selective oxide scale upon the degree of protection it affords are discussed.

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  1. P. A. Labun

    Present address: Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Case Western Reserve University, 44106, Cleveland, OH

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  1. Materials Development Division, B. 393, AERE Harwell, OX11 0RA, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK

    M. J. Bennett & J. A. Desport

  2. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Oxford University, OX1 3PH, Oxford, UK

    P. A. Labun

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Bennett, M.J., Desport, J.A. & Labun, P.A. Analytical electron microscopy of a selective oxide scale formed on 20% Cr-25% Ni-Nb stainless steel. Oxid Met 22, 291–306 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00656580

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