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We study the corrosion behavior of ferritic-martensitic ÉP823 steel in a static lead melt, saturated with oxygen, at 550 and 650°C. At these temperatures, a complex magnetite-base scale is formed on the surface of steel, but the mechanisms of its growth are different. At 550°C, corrosion has a cyclic character. On the surface of steel, a Fe1+x Pb2−x O4−Fe1+x Cr2−x O4 two-layer scale is formed periodically. Reaching the critical thickness (18 µm), it exfoliates along the interface with the matrix, to which oxygen-containing lead penetrates, whereupon this process is repeated. The corrosion rate is ∼0.08 mm/year. At 650°C, the intensification of reactions of formation of chromium spinel and plumboferrite induces the growth of a porous scale, where lead is accumulated. This scale has good adherence to the matrix and is formed as a compact conglomerate owing to the efficient mass transfer at all interfaces, which leads to a catastrophic rate of thinning of the specimen (3.82 mm/yr) in a lead melt. On the basis of experimental data, we propose schemes of the oxidation of chromium steels in a lead melt with a high oxygen activity at different temperatures.
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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 77–84, March–April, 2007.
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Eliseeva, O.I., Tsisar, V.P. Effect of temperature on the interaction of ÉP823 steel with lead melts saturated with oxygen. Mater Sci 43, 230–237 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-007-0026-z
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