The Influence of the Rare Earth Element Ce on the High-Temperature Oxidation Kinetics of Low-Cr Steels |
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Authors: | Vicente Braz Trindade Ulrich Krupp Hans-Jürgen Christ |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Materials Science, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;(2) University of Applied Sciences, Osnabruck, Germany |
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Abstract: | The oxidation behavior of steels containing low-Cr concentrations (0.5-2.25 wt.%) has been studied in laboratory air in the
temperature range of 400-550 °C. The oxidation rate of the steels was lower than that of pure iron, but higher than that of
pure iron when a small amount of rare earth element cerium (0.03 wt.%) is added to the 2.25Cr1Mo steel. The mass change follows
a nearly parabolic law for the case of pure iron and the steel without Ce addition, while linear behavior describes the oxygen
uptake for the case of the 2.25Cr1Mo+0.03Ce steel. SEM cross-section observations and thermodynamic calculations confirm that
there is no wustite (FeO) formation during oxidation of pure iron and low-Cr steels at 550 °C, whereas FeO might be formed
in the oxide scale of 2.25Cr1Mo+0.03Ce at the same oxidation conditions (temperature, atmosphere, and exposure time). By investigating
the temperature for FeO stability, this study reveals that the temperature for FeO formation on pure iron is 568 °C, for the
2.25Cr1Mo steel 589 °C, and 471 °C for the 2.25Cr1Mo+0.03Ce. This low value for the FeO stability temperature found for the
steel 2.25Cr1Mo+0.03Ce steel explains why this steel oxidizes very fast at 550 °C. |
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Keywords: | Ce effect high-temperature oxidation low-Cr steels wustite stability |
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