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Surface oxide formation on IN625 and plasma sprayed NiCrAlY after high density and low density supercritical water testing
Author(s) -
Selvig A.,
Huang X.,
Kim D. J.,
Guzonas D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
materials and corrosion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1521-4176
pISSN - 0947-5117
DOI - 10.1002/maco.201206613
Subject(s) - supercritical fluid , intergranular corrosion , materials science , microstructure , metallurgy , oxide , thermal spraying , coating , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry
In this study, IN625 and a NiCrAlY coated IN625 were tested in high density and low density supercritical water for 500 h. The NiCrAlY coating was applied using plasma spray method. The surfaces were finely polished before testing to assist microstructure observation after testing. The NiCrAlY coated samples were additionally heat treated in air furnace to encourage alumina formation. SEM and XRD analyses were carried out to determine surface microstructure changes, particularly oxide formation. The results showed that when tested under high density supercritical water, the bare IN625 sample suffered from intergranular attacking while low density supercritical water did not have the same effect. Both as‐sprayed NiCrAlY and heat treated NiCrAlY did not show any signs of intergranular attack or pitting after being tested in high density and low density supercritical water.