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Improvement of the application of an electrochemical method for the determination of transport properties of an alumina scale. Part I: Alumina scale on aβ-NiAl alloy

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An electrochemical method based on analyzing the potential-current curves, plotted at various applied PO 2 for an alumina scale developed at 1100°C on a β-NiAl alloy, was used to determine transport parameters in the scale. The variation of Vo vs PO 2 indicates that the scale consists of an inside zone characterized by an ionic-transport number ti∼0.4 and an outside part with ti∼0.1. This leads to a value of the oxygen pressure at the NiAl/Al2O3 interface ∼2×10−27 atm, not far from the equilibrium value. The variation of the oxygen chemical potential inside the scale was determined, showing a steep variation of µO in the middle of the scale. The calculated oxidation constant is close to the experimental one, which would indicate that mainly charged species are responsible for the alumina scale growth.

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Balmain, J., Huntz, A.M. Improvement of the application of an electrochemical method for the determination of transport properties of an alumina scale. Part I: Alumina scale on aβ-NiAl alloy. Oxid Met 45, 183–196 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01046825

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