Application of the diffusion couple to study phase equilibria in the Fe-Cr-S ternary system at 600 °C |
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Authors: | B J Smith J I Goldstein A R Marder |
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Affiliation: | (1) Materials Science and Engineering Department, Lehigh University, 18015 Bethlehem, PA;(2) College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 01003 Amherst, MA |
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Abstract: | The sulfidation of Fe-Cr alloys has a large financial significance for industries that use fossil fuels, such as the electric
utility industry. Therefore, the sulfidation of a series of Fe-Cr alloys was studied at 600 °C using a solid-state diffusion
couple technique. The diffusion couple technique combined Fe0.95S powder and FeCr binary alloys together in a configuration that allowed for post-heat-treatment microanalysis using an electron
probe microanalyzer (EPMA). The results showed that only two different diffusion couple microstructures formed in samples
spanning the entire Fe-Cr binary range. The Fe-rich alloy diffusion couples contained a surface αFeCr layer and an internal
sulfide precipitate layer that contained three different sulfide phases. The Cr-rich alloy diffusion couples also possessed
an internal precipitate layer, as well as a thick, triplex interfacial scale. The ternary elemental diffusion was described
using diffusion paths plotted on the 600 °C isothermal section of the Fe-Cr-S phase diagram. The results also showed that
samples with less than 51 wt Pct Cr were more sulfidation resistant. The accuracy of the existing Fe-Cr-S 600 °C isothermal
section was assessed, and it was determined that the τ phase field had a larger composition than previously published. |
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