ON HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF CHROMIUM .2. PROPERTIES OF CR2O3 AND THE OXIDATION MECHANISM OF CHROMIUM
ON HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF CHROMIUM .2. PROPERTIES OF CR2O3 AND THE OXIDATION MECHANISM OF CHROMIUM
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DOI:
10.1149/1.2129481
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
LILLERUD, KP
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作者:
KOFSTAD, P;LILLERUD, KP
Chromium specimens oxidized at 1000~ 176 and at different oxygen pressures~ 10J-7 9 10-2 Pa 02) have been treated in high vacuum at temperature as a direct continuation of the oxidation runs. All specimens lost weight during the high vacuum treatment. During an initial period the rate of weight loss slowly decreased, but after longer time the loss rate became essentially linear. It is concluded that the weight loss is due to chromium evaporation due to chromium transport through the scales by lattice diffusion and transport along paths of easy diffusion and microcracks. On the basis of the properties of Cr203 scales and available literature data on defect-dependent properties of Cr2Os, a defect structure model has been proposed for the oxide. It is proposed that interstitial chromium ions are the predominating point defects at partial pressures of oxygen near the Cr/Cr203 phase boundary. At near-atmospheric pressures the oxide is an intrinsic electronic conductor. Parabolic rate constants calculated from the diffusion data and the proposed defect structure mocte~ are compared with experimental values. The oxidation mechanism of chromium is discussed. Important factors are lattice diffusion, transport along paths of easy diffusion and microcracks through the scale, growth stresses in the scale, the ability of the scale to deform, and vapor transport from the metal substrate to detached scales.Part I of this work describes studies of oxidation of annealed, thermally-etched chromium in the temperature range 800~ 176 at different oxygen pressures ranging from 105 to 7 9 10-2 Pa (1). This paper, Part II, presents results on high vacuum treatment of oxidized chromium specimens and discusses the properties and defect structure of Cr2Os as a basis for an overall consideration of the high temperature oxidation mechanism of chromium. A literature survey of oxidation of chromium and a description of materials and methods have been given in Part I (1).