The present author studied, by the electron transmission method, surface films of 8.86%Al-, 19.30%Al-, 28.60%Al-Fe alloys and calorized steel heated in air at high temperature (700° and 1000°), and thereby detected special protective layers which have not yet been found by the electron reflection method. A solution of iod ne in methanol was used satisfactorily for isolating surface oxide films from Fe-Al alloys. The present studies verified experimentally that fine Al
2O
3 (α-Al
2O
3 or γ-Al
2O
3) films besides α-Fe
2O
3 crystals, are formed on the surfaces of Fe-Al alloys and calorized steel oxidized in air at 700°. It was also clarified by electron diff action measurements that a compact α-Al
2O
3 film is mainly produced on the surface of 19.30%Al-Fe alloy, and moreover, that 28.60%Al-Fe alloy and calorized steel are covered with well grown γ-Al
2O
3 crystals at high temperature oxidation. These α-and γ-Al
2O
3 films retard not only the diffusion of Fe and Al atoms from inside to surface, but also the penetration of O
2 towards inside, and therefore these films on Fe-Al alloys containing high % of Al and calorized steel are considered to have a good effect upon the resistance against for high temperature oxidation.
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