Abstract To better understand oxidation and carburisation processes taking place during exposure of 9Cr-1Mo steel experimental samples have been exposed at 600 °C and 620 °C to a CO2 rich atmosphere for… Click to show full abstract
Abstract To better understand oxidation and carburisation processes taking place during exposure of 9Cr-1Mo steel experimental samples have been exposed at 600 °C and 620 °C to a CO2 rich atmosphere for various exposure times. Complex multi-elemental carbides form showing a range of compositions, with some showing coring/elemental segregation. Certain carbides show both M7C3 and M23C6 within a single multi-component carbide. At the oxidation front some carbides resist oxidation through growth of a Cr rich oxide shell. Carbides within both substrate and oxide have been characterized with mechanisms being proposed for the complex interactions taking place within both the substrate and oxide.
               
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