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Grain-Size Effects on the High-Temperature Oxidation of Modified 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel

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The high-temperature oxidation behavior of modified 304 austenitic stainless steels in a water vapor atmosphere was investigated. Samples were prepared by various thermo mechanical treatments to result in different grain sizes in the range 8–30 μm. Similar Σ3 grain boundary fraction was achieved to eliminate any grain-boundary characteristics effect. Samples were oxidized in an air furnace at 700 °C with 20 % water vapor atmosphere. On the fine-grained sample, a uniform Cr2O3 layer was formed, which increased the overall oxidation resistance. Whereas on the coarse-grained sample, an additional Fe2O3 layer formed on the Cr-rich oxide layer, which resulted in a relatively high oxidation rate. In the fine-grained sample, grain boundaries act as rapid diffusion paths for Cr and provided enough Cr to form Cr2O3 oxide on the entire sample surface.

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This research was supported by by Seoul R&BD Program (Grant No. CS070157).

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  1. Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seoungbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea

    Ju-Heon Kim, Dong-Ik Kim & Eric Fleury

  2. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

    Satyam Suwas

  3. Seoul National University, Daehak-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-744, South Korea

    Ju-Heon Kim & Kyung-Woo Yi

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Kim, JH., Kim, DI., Suwas, S. et al. Grain-Size Effects on the High-Temperature Oxidation of Modified 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel. Oxid Met 79, 239–247 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-012-9347-x

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