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Oxide growth stress measurements and relaxation mechanisms for alumina scales grown on FeCrAlY
Author(s) -
Tortorelli P. F.,
Specht E. D.,
More K. L.,
Hou P. Y.
Publication year - 2012
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.201206760
Subject(s) - materials science , oxide , stress (linguistics) , stress relaxation , relaxation (psychology) , ultimate tensile strength , creep , synchrotron radiation , metallurgy , composite material , optics , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , physics
Early‐stage tensile stress evolution in α‐Al 2 O 3 scales during oxidation of FeCrAlY at 1000, 1050, 1100, and 1200 °C was monitored in situ by use of synchrotron radiation. Tensile stress development as a function of oxidation temperature indicated a dynamic interplay between stress generation and relaxation. An analysis of the time dependence of the data indicated that the observed relaxation of the initial tensile stress in the oxide scales at 1100 and 1200 °C is dominated by creep in the α‐Al 2 O 3 . A thin layer of a (Fe,Cr,Al) oxide was observed at the oxide‐gas interface, consistent with a mechanism whereby the conversion of (Fe,Cr,Al) 2 O 3 to α‐Al 2 O 3 produces an initial tensile stress in the alumina scale.