C. Mennicke et al., THE EFFECT OF YTTRIUM ON THE GROWTH-PROCESS AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF ALPHA-AL2O3 ON FECRAL, Oxidation of metals, 49(5-6), 1998, pp. 455-466
The oxidation behavior of undoped and Y-doped high-purity FeCrAl at 12
00 degrees C was investigated. The scale-growth processes were studied
using two-stage O-16/O-18 experiments and high-resolution imaging SIM
S. SEM, TEM, and scanning transmission electron microscopy-electron-di
spersive X-ray spectrometry (STEM-EDS) studies were performed in order
to determine the microstructure of the oxide and the chemistry of the
metal-oxide interface. An equiaxed alpha-Al2O3 scale was found to gro
w by simultaneous outward Al and inward oxygen diffusion on the undope
d FeCrAl. In contrast, a columnar alpha-Al2O3 grain structure on the Y
-doped FeCrAl was produced by inward oxygen diffusion; outward Al diff
usion was suppressed. Y was shown to segregate to alpha-A(2)O(3) grain
boundaries and to the metal-oxide interface.