X-Ray Examination of Type 310S Stainless Steel during its Oxidation in Air at 900°C*

Autor: O. Burl Cavin, J. S. Wolf
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Advances in X-ray Analysis. 36:423-431
ISSN: 2631-3626
0376-0308
DOI: 10.1154/s0376030800019042
Popis: Type 310S stainless steel was exposed in air at 900°C and simultaneously examined periodically by X-ray diffraction in an attempt to determine the structural evolution of the compounds formed on its surface. The adherent oxide product was found to be a two-layered scale composed of an inner sesquioxide and an outer spinel layer. Both of these compounds exhibited systematic changes in their unit cell sizes as a function of increasing exposure time at constant temperature. The spinel showed an increase in its lattice parameter while the sesquioxide and stainless steel substrate both had decreases in their parameters proportional to the square root of exposure time. In each of the three phases, the rate of change was constant up to approximately four hours after which the parameters approached a limiting value. Evidence also exists for the presence of at least localized stresses in the scales.
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