J. Mougin et al., Influence of cooling rate and initial surface roughness on the residual stresses in chromia scales thermally grown on pure chromium, MAT SCI E A, 308(1-2), 2001, pp. 118-123
Raman spectroscopy was used to determine the residual stresses in chromia s
cales grown on purl chromium by thermal oxidation in dry oxygen. After oxid
ation: these stresses are compressive and are shown to depend on both the c
ooling rate and the initial surface roughness of the substrate. These param
eters also have an influence on oxide spallation, but it is observed that t
he relationship between stress level and spallation is not a direct one. A
model is proposed to explain the tendency far chromia scales to spall, whic
h considers the importance of initial surface roughness and oxide stresses.
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