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The oxidation behavior in air of Fe-19.6Cr-15.1Mn was studied from 700 to 1000°C. Pseudoparabolic kinetics were followed, giving an activation energy of 80 kcal/mole. The scale structure varied with temperature, although spinel formation occurred at all temperatures. At both 700 and 800°C, a thin outer layer of γ-Mn2O3 formed. The inner layer at 700°C was (Fe,Cr,Mn)3O4, but at 800°C there was an intermediate layer of Fe2O3 and an inner layer of Cr2O3 + (Fe, Cr,Mn)3O4. Oxidation at 900°C produced an outer layer of Fe3O4 and an inner layer of Cr2O3+(Fe,Cr,Mn)3O4. Oxidation at 1000°C caused some internal oxidation of chromium. In addition, a thin layer of Cr2O3 formed in some regions with an intermediate layer of Fe3O4 and an outer layer of (Fe,Mn)3O4. A comparison of rates for Fe3O4 formation during oxidation of FeO as well as for the oxidation of various stainless steels, which form spinels, gave good agreement and strongly suggests that spinel growth was rate controlling. The oxidation rate of this alloy (high-Cr) was compared with that of an alloy previously studied, Fe-9.5Cr-17.8Mn (low-Cr) and was less by about a factor of 12 at 1000°C and by about a factor of 100 at 800°C. The marked differences can be ascribed to the destabilization of wustite by the higher chromium alloy. No wustite formation occurred in the high-Cr alloy, whereas, extensive wustite formed in the low-Cr alloy. Scale structures are explained by the use of calculated stability diagrams. The mechanism of oxidation is discussed and compared with that of the low-Cr alloy.
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Douglass, D.L., Rizzo-Assuncao, F. The oxidation of Fe-19.6Cr-15.1Mn stainless steel. Oxid Met 29, 271–287 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00751800
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