Metal Dusting of Ferritic Fe-Ge in the Absence of Cementite

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.10.024· OSTI ID:931956

Motin, M. A.A. ^[1]; Munroe, P R ^[1]; Brady, Michael P ^[2]; Young, David J ^[2]

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1. University of New South Wales
2. ORNL

Iron and an Fe-10 wt % Ge alloy were exposed at 680◦C to reducing, carbon-supersaturated CO-H2-H2O gas with ac=2.9. Iron grew a scale of Fe3C which slowly disintegrated to form cementite nanoparticles, while graphitic carbon deposited from the gas. The Fe-Ge alloy formed no Fe3C, and carbon deposited directly on the metal surface. As the graphite grew into the metal, nanoparticles of ferrite were dislodged from the surface into the carbon. Metal consumption was more rapid in the latter case.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: FE USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 931956
• Journal Information: Scripta Materialia, Vol. 56, Issue 4; ISSN 1359-6462
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
IRON ALLOYS
CEMENTITE
FERRITE
GRAPHITE
IRON
GERMANIUM ALLOYS
IRON CARBIDES
CARBON
DEPOSITION