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The use of Mössbauer and Auger spectroscopy for analysis of oxide layers on Fe-Al alloys

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Oxidation of a Fe-7.4 at.% Al alloy at 1173 K in oxygen at 1 atm pressure resulted in the formation of a rust-colored film, shown by Auger spectroscopy to be a duplex layer consisting of an outer Fe-rich oxide over an Al-rich oxide. Mössbauer spectroscopy revealed that the outer layer was hematite containing ∼10 at.% Al3+ and that the inner alumina layer contained some Fe3+.

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  1. H. A. Ahmed

    Present address: Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Cairo University, El Giza, Egypt

  2. M. E. Brett

    Present address: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, MSL, CANMET, K1A 0G1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, McMaster University, L8S4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    R. P. Underbill & W. W. Smeltzer

  2. Division of Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada, K1A 0R9, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    M. J. Graham

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Ahmed, H.A., Underbill, R.P., Smeltzer, W.W. et al. The use of Mössbauer and Auger spectroscopy for analysis of oxide layers on Fe-Al alloys. Oxid Met 28, 347–351 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666727

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