Abstract
The effect of testing conditions (temperature, time, and oxygen content) and material's microstructure (the as-received and the grain boundary engineered conditions) on the corrosion behavior of alloy 800H in high-temperature pressurized water was studied using a variety of characterization techniques. Oxidation was observed as the primary corrosion behavior on the samples. Oxide exfoliation was significantly mitigated on the grain boundary engineered samples compared to the as-received ones. The oxide formation, including some " mushroom-shaped oxidation" , is predicted via a combination of thermodynamics and kinetics influenced by the preferential diffusion of specific species using short-cut diffusion paths.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 703-711 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Corrosion Science |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- C. Exfoliation
- C. Kinetic parameters
- C. Oxidation
- C. Thermodynamic diagrams