Two calculations concerning the critical aluminium content in Fe20Cr5Al alloys
✍ Scribed by G. Strehl; P. Beaven; B. Lesage; G. Borchardt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-5117
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Alloys for high temperature applications rely on a protective oxide layer formed by selective oxidation. In Fe20Cr5Al type alloys the useful lifetime is governed by the depletion of aluminium by oxidation down to a critical aluminium content. Following spallation of the oxide scale the bare metal is exposed to air and catastrophic failure due to breakaway oxidation occurs if the aluminium content is too low. In this paper a model for the calculation of the critical aluminium content is presented. Based on Wagner's ideas on selective oxidation in ternary alloys, the critical aluminium content is calculated as that corresponding to the transition between external and internal oxidation. The resulting aluminium contents are temperature dependent and cover the range of values 0 to 3.5 wt.% reported in the literature.
In the second part of the paper aluminium depletion profiles in Fe20Cr5Al plates have been calculated assuming a parabolic growth law for the oxidation process. The solution of the differential equation is an extension of the one dimensional solution presented by Whittle and coworkers for chromium depletion in FeCr sheet material, to three dimensions. Because of the increased consumption of aluminium at the corners of the sample, the critical aluminium content is first reached there. Based on the calculation, the reduction in lifetime, due to premature breakaway oxidation at the corners can be estimated.
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