Editor's Note: In his forthcoming book, High Temperature Corrosion: Fundamentals and Engineering, in the Wiley Series in Corrosion, C. A. C. Sequeira discusses the subject of high-temperature oxidation in more detail than is possible in this overview chapter.
20. High-Temperature Oxidation†
- R. Winston Revie
Published Online: 19 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470872864.ch20
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, Third Edition
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Sequeira, C. A. C. (2011) High-Temperature Oxidation, in Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, Third Edition (ed R. W. Revie), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470872864.ch20
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CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Publication History
- Published Online: 19 APR 2011
- Published Print: 28 MAR 2011
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Print ISBN: 9780470080320
Online ISBN: 9780470872864
- Summary
- Chapter
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Keywords:
- high-temperature oxidation - oxidation of metals, between gas and solids, producing a solid reaction product;
- three-dimensional defects - stress generation in oxide layer underlying metals, through-scale cracking, spalling of oxide and stratification phenomena;
- multilayered scale growth - formation of corrosion scales on metals or alloys
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Thermodynamic considerations
Kinetic considerations
Defect structures
Compact scale growth
Multilayered-scale growth
Oxidation resistance
Oxidation of engineering materials
Conclusions
References
