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| Journal Article | FZJ-2016-07238 |
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2016
Elsevier Science
Amsterdam [u.a.]
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1080/09603409.2016.1244373
Abstract: The oxidation behaviour and the phase transformations associated with high temperature exposure of a commercial ferritic interconnect steel, Crofer 22 H, was studied in a simulated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) anode atmosphere at 700 °C. Special emphasis was placed on the formation of the intermetallic sigma phase. No sigma phase was detected in the bulk alloy after 500 h of exposure of bare specimens. However, specimens which were pre-coated with a layer of nickel showed formation of an interdiffusion zone after as little as 2 h of exposure and sigma phase formation occurred after 10 h. The presence of the nickel layer, which simulates the contact between ferritic steel interconnects and a nickel mesh in a SOFC results in the formation of an austenitic zone and accelerated formation of a σ-phase rich layer at the ferrite/austenite interface. The ferritic steel is transformed into austenite due to the inward diffusion of nickel, σ-phase started to nucleate at the transformed austenite grain boundaries. The nucleation is enhanced by an increased Cr/Fe-ratio at that interface due to more pronounced diffusion of Fe, compared to Cr, in the direction of the Ni-layer. Different possible mechanisms for the nucleation and growth of σ-phase were identified. The experimental results led to the conclusion that sigma nucleates in the austenite and grows following an isothermal eutectoid-like decomposition.
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