Abstract
The high-temperature oxidation of NiAl is studied with dry oxygen and water vapor. The oxidation in H2O results in a thicker Al2O3 oxide scale than that in O2. The oxide scale formed initially is a single layer of γ-Al2O3 that subsequently transforms into a α-Al2O3/γ-Al2O3 bilayer structure, in which the inner α-Al2O3 layer formed in H2O has a higher porosity than that in O2. Further density functional theory calculations show that H protons derived from H2O molecules penetrate into the oxide lattice and boost the formation of lattice vacancies in both α-Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3, thus enhancing the oxide scale growth.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 108963 |
| Journal | Corrosion Science |
| Volume | 177 |
| Online published | 28 Aug 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Research Keywords
- Density-functional theory (DFT)
- H2O
- High-temperature oxidation
- NiAl
- O2
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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