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Effect of Alloy Composition and Exposure Conditions on the Selective Oxidation Behavior of Ferritic Fe–Cr and Fe–Cr–X Alloys

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Selective oxidation behavior of ferritic martensitic Fe–Cr base alloys, exposed in various atmospheres containing combinations of O2, CO2, and H2O, were studied at various temperatures relevant to oxy-fuel combustion. This paper begins with a discussion of the required Cr content to form a continuous external chromia scale on a simple binary Fe–Cr alloy exposed in oxygen or air based on experiments and calculations using the classic Wagner model. Then, the effects of the exposure environment and Cr content on the selective oxidation of Fe–Cr alloys are evaluated. Finally, the effects produced by alloying additions of Si, commonly present in various groups of commercially available ferritic steels, are described. The discussion compares the oxide scale formation on simple binary and ternary Fe–Cr base model alloys with that on several commercially available ferritic steels.

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This work at UPitt was performed in support of the National Energy Technology Laboratory under RDS contract DE-AC26-04NT41817. The work at FZJ was supported by the German Ministry for Economics.

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  1. National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236, USA

    Gerald H. Meier, Keeyoung Jung, Nan Mu, Nazik M. Yanar & Frederick S. Pettit

  2. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Gerald H. Meier, Keeyoung Jung, Nan Mu, Nazik M. Yanar & Frederick S. Pettit

  3. Salzgittermannesmann Forschung GmbH, 47251, Duisburg, Germany

    J. Pirón Abellán

  4. Forschungszentrum Jülich, IEF-2, 52428, Jülich, Germany

    Tomasz Olszewski, L. Nieto Hierro & Willem J. Quadakkers

  5. National Energy Technology Laboratory, Albany, OR, USA

    Gordon R. Holcomb

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Meier, G.H., Jung, K., Mu, N. et al. Effect of Alloy Composition and Exposure Conditions on the Selective Oxidation Behavior of Ferritic Fe–Cr and Fe–Cr–X Alloys. Oxid Met 74, 319–340 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-010-9215-5

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