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Evaluation of the Corrosion Resistance of Fe–Al–Cr Alloys in Simulated Low NO x Environments

Part 2: Electron Microprobe Analysis and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies

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The first part of this manuscript presented SEM analysis of corrosion products formed on iron–aluminum–chromium alloys that were exposed to a simulated low NO x combustion environments. In Part II, results from electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) analyses of select as-corroded coupons from the long tem tests are discussed. Despite the formation of thick iron sulfide films one of the alloys, EMPA did not detect any measurable depletion of aluminum near the surface of this alloy. STEM analysis revealed that chromium was able to form chromium sulfides only on the higher aluminum content alloys, thereby preventing the formation of deleterious iron sulfides and reducing the overall corrosive attack on this alloy. Also observed in the STEM analysis was the encapsulation of external iron sulfide products with a thin layer of aluminum oxide, which may serve as a secondary layer of corrosion protection in these regions.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Department of Energy through the National Energy Technology Laboratory through grant number DE-FG26-04NT42169. The authors wish to thank Dr. Vinod Sikka of Oak Ridge National Laboratory for preparation of the alloys used in this study. Dave Ackland of Lehigh University and Masashi Watanabe of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are also gratefully acknowledged for their assistance with the STEM work.

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    R. M. Deacon, J. N. DuPont, C. J. Kiely & A. R. Marder

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA

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Deacon, R.M., DuPont, J.N., Kiely, C.J. et al. Evaluation of the Corrosion Resistance of Fe–Al–Cr Alloys in Simulated Low NO x Environments. Oxid Met 72, 87–107 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-009-9150-5

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