Resistance oxidation

The ferritic chromium steels (chromium is the principal alloying element) are the most economical for very lightly loaded high-temperature situations. However, they are inadequate when creep must be accounted for. Austenitic steels are often recommended for such conditions. The 17% chromium alloys (Type 430) resist scaling up to 800°C and 25% alloy (Type 446) up to llOO C [21]. 

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The Type N thermocouple (Table 11.60) is similar to Type K but it has been designed to minimize some of the instabilities in the conventional Chromel-Alumel combination. Changes in the alloy content have improved the order/disorder h ansformations occurring at 500°C and a higher silicon content of the positive element improves the oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures. 

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As noted, the oxidation resistance of silicon nitride ceramics depends on the type and concentration of the sintering aids. In materials designed for high temperature appHcations the specific weight gain resulting from oxidation upon a 500-h air exposure at 1200°C and 1350°C is about 1—2 g/m and 2—4 g/m, respectively. The kinetics of the oxidation process have been iavestigated (63,64) as has the corrosion resistance (65). Corrosion resistance is also dependent on material formulation and density. 

Thermal—Oxidative-Resistance Coatings. The thermal stabihty of coatings produced by either covalendy or noncovalendy incorporating 2,4-dinitroaniline into an inorganic siUcate network and coating it onto a sapphire substrate has been examined (67). Although some increase in the thermal... 

Chromium is the most effective addition to improve the resistance of steels to corrosion and oxidation at elevated temperatures, and the chromium—molybdenum steels are an important class of alloys for use in steam (qv) power plants, petroleum (qv) refineries, and chemical-process equipment. The chromium content in these steels varies from 0.5 to 10%. As a group, the low carbon chromium—molybdenum steels have similar creep—mpture strengths, regardless of the chromium content, but corrosion and oxidation resistance increase progressively with chromium content. 

Carbon content is usually about 0.15% but may be higher in bolting steels and hot-work die steels. Molybdenum content is usually between 0.5 and 1.5% it increases creep—mpture strength and prevents temper embrittlement at the higher chromium contents. In the modified steels, siUcon is added to improve oxidation resistance, titanium and vanadium to stabilize the carbides to higher temperatures, and nickel to reduce notch sensitivity. Most of the chromium—molybdenum steels are used in the aimealed or in the normalized and tempered condition some of the modified grades have better properties in the quench and tempered condition. 

Standard Wrought Steels. Steels containing 11% and more of chromium are classed as stainless steels. The prime characteristics are corrosion and oxidation resistance, which increase as the chromium content is increased. Three groups of wrought stainless steels, series 200, 300, and 400, have composition limits that have been standardized by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AlSl) (see Steel). Figure 8 compares the creep—mpture strengths of the standard austenitic stainless steels that are most commonly used at elevated temperatures (35). Compositions of these steels are Hsted in Table 3. 

Ferritic stainless steels depend on chromium for high temperature corrosion resistance. A Cr202 scale may form on an alloy above 600°C when the chromium content is ca 13 wt % (36,37). This scale has excellent protective properties and occurs iu the form of a very thin layer containing up to 2 wt % iron. At chromium contents above 19 wt % the metal loss owiag to oxidation at 950°C is quite small. Such alloys also are quite resistant to attack by water vapor at 600°C (38). Isothermal oxidation resistance for some ferritic stainless steels has been reported after 10,000 h at 815°C (39). Grades 410 and 430, with 11.5—13.5 wt % Cr and 14—18 wt % Cr, respectively, behaved significandy better than type 409 which has a chromium content of 11 wt %. 

Chromium. Chromium offers a number of potential advantages for high temperature appHcations, including oxidation resistance, low density, and a melting point over 400°C higher than that of nickel. Nevertheless, all efforts to use chromium have been hindered by its extreme brittieness (58). 

Eigure 2 shows that even materials which are rather resistant to oxidation ( 2/ 1 0.1) are consumed to a noticeable degree at high conversions. Also the use of plug-flow or batch reactors can offer a measurable improvement in efficiencies in comparison with back-mixed reactors. Intermediates that cooxidize about as readily as the feed hydrocarbon (eg, ketones with similar stmcture) can be produced in perhaps reasonable efficiencies but, except at very low conversions, are subject to considerable loss through oxidation. They may be suitable coproducts if they are also precursors to more oxidation-resistant desirable materials. Intermediates which oxidize relatively rapidly (/ 2 / i — 3-50 eg, alcohols and aldehydes) are difficult to produce in appreciable amounts, even in batch or plug-flow reactors. Indeed, for = 50, to isolate 90% or more of the intermediate made, the conversion must... 

High temperature fatigue and fretting fatigue behavior has also been improved by implantation (113,114). This has been achieved by using species that inhibit oxidation or harden the surface. It is generally accepted that fretting behavior is closely coimected to oxidation resistance, perhaps due to third party effects of oxidation products. Oxidation resistance alone has also been improved by ion implantation (118—120). 

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