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Pack Cementation Coatings for High-Temperature Oxidation Resistance of AISI 304 Stainless Steel

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Aluminum and titanium are deposited on the surface of steel by the pack cementation method to improve its hot-corrosion and high-temperature oxidation resistance. In this research, coatings of aluminum and titanium and a two-step coating of aluminum and titanium were applied on an AISI 304 stainless steel substrate. The coating layers were examined by carrying out scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The SEM results showed that the aluminized coating consisted of two layers with a thickness of 450 μm each, the titanized coating consisted of two layers with a thickness of 100 μm each, and the two-step coatings of Al and Ti consisted of three layers with a thickness of 200 μm each. The XRD investigation of the coatings showed that the aluminized coating consisted of Al2O3, AlCr2, FeAl, and Fe3Al phases; the titanized layers contained TiO2, Ni3Ti, FeNi, and Fe2TiO5 phases; and the two-step coating contained AlNi, Ti3Al, and FeAl phases. The uncoated and coated specimens were subjected to isothermal oxidation at 1050 °C for 100 h. The oxidation results revealed that the application of a coating layer increased the oxidation resistance of the coated AISI 304 samples as opposed to the uncoated ones.

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    Morteza Zandrahimi, Javad Vatandoost & Hadi Ebrahimifar

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Zandrahimi, M., Vatandoost, J. & Ebrahimifar, H. Pack Cementation Coatings for High-Temperature Oxidation Resistance of AISI 304 Stainless Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 21, 2074–2079 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-012-0135-1

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