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High-temperature sulfidation of Fe-Mn-Cr alloys

Journal Article · · Oxidation of Metals; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01151589· OSTI ID:5465376
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  1. Univ. of New South Wales, Kensington (Australia)
Alloys of composition (in weight percent) Fe-10Mn-10Cr, Fe-10Mn-25Cr, and Fe-25Mn-10Cr were reacted at temperatures of 973 and 1,073 K with flowing hydrogen-hydrogen sulfide mixtures corresponding to equilibrium sulfur partial pressures of 10{sup {minus}3} and 8 Pa. Sulfide-scale-growth kinetics and morphologies were compared with those found on pure iron and on the binary alloys Fe-25Cr and Fe-25Mn. All alloys reacted according to parabolic kinetics after an initial period of slow approach to this steady state. Of the materials examined, the binary Fe-25Mn showed the slowest sulfidation rates, except at 973 K and a sulfur pressure of 8 Pa, where Fe-10M-25Cr had the best performance. Ternary alloys provided improved performance only when a scale layer of Cr{sub 3}S{sub 4} was formed, an event dependent on temperature and sulfur activity. Multilayered scales were always formed on the ternary alloys, and the role of these layers in controlling sulfidation rates is discussed.
OSTI ID:
5465376
Journal Information:
Oxidation of Metals; (United States), Journal Name: Oxidation of Metals; (United States) Vol. 36:5-6; ISSN 0030-770X; ISSN OXMEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English