1996 Volume 36 Issue 7 Pages 825-833
High temperature oxidation behavior of a high nitrogen steel with about 0.15 mass% nitrogen was studied, comparing with a base material of 9Cr-0.5Mo-1.8W-0.2V-0.05Nb-0.04N steel. Weight gains were measured and microstructural observation and analyses were carried out using SEM, X-ray diffraction, EPMA and ESCA for the specimens heated in air at temperatures of 500 to 900°C and for 10000 h at maximum. The weight gain due to oxidation in the high nitrogen steel was far smaller than that in the base material, and about one fifth of that in the base material at 10000 h. In the high nitrogen steel, the depletion of Cr concentration at the metal surface was smaller than in the base material, and this was considered to be a possible cause of the intensified oxidation resistance of high nitrogen steel.
