Corrosion behavior of Fe‐Si metallic coatings added with NiCrAlY in an environment of fuel oil ashes at 700°C

Electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization curves and immersion tests for 300 h at 700°C in a furnace have been used to evaluate the corrosion resistance of Fe‐Si metallic coatings added with up to 50 wt.% of NiCrAIY. The corrosive environment was fuel oil ashes from a steam generator. The composition of fuel oil ashes includes high content of vanadium, sodium and sulfur. The results obtained show that only the addition of 20 wt.% NiCrAlY to the Fe‐Si coating improves its corrosion resistance. The behavior of all tested coatings is explained by the results obtained from the analysis of every coating using electron microscopy and energy dispersive X‐ray analysis.