Abstract
An intermetallic Fe-Al coating was successfully produced on 316LN austenite stainless steel by slurry Aluminizing. The coating greatly enhanced the corrosion resistance of substrate in LBE (lead-bismuth eutectic) containing low (10−7 wt%) and high (1.8 ×10−3 wt%) oxygen concentrations at 550 ℃ and the coating was mostly intact after 1500 h exposure test. The high corrosion resistance results from the formation of a uniform layer of alumina oxide on the coating which can be achieved when the dissolved oxygen is above 10−18 wt%. This FeAl coating maybe a promising option for protecting structure material in the fourth LBE-cooled fast reactor.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 111757 |
| Journal | Corrosion Science |
| Volume | 227 |
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| State | Published - Feb 2024 |
Keywords
- Fe-Al coating
- Liquid metal corrosion
- Passive films
- STEM
- Thermodynamics
- XPS