The effects of heating atmosphere on oxidation behaviour at high temperature of steels with various Si content(0.060.4%Si), but constant in other elements, have been investigated. The results obtained are summarized as follows.
Fayalite, Fe
2SiO
4, formed at the interface of scale/matrix affected the oxidation behaviour. Therefore, solid Fe
2SiO
4 formed at oxidation temperatures up to 1170°C, which was the eutectic point of Fe
2SiO
4 and FeO phase, raised heat resistance, but liquid phase of Fe
2SiO
4 at oxidation temperatures exceeding 1170°C accelerated the oxidation. The change of oxidation behaviour occurred at the Si content between 0.1% and 0.2%. Increasing Si content in steel, Fe
2SiO
4 formed at the interface of scale/matrix increased gradually. When the whole interface was covered with Fe
2SiO
4, the oxidation behaviour should be affected by the change of diffusion rate on Fe
++ ion from iron matrix to scale. H
2O and O
2 content in heating atmosphere promoted the oxidation of iron, but the effect of H
2O was much more than O
2. The mean diameter of pores in scale was in proportion to oxidation weight gain, and therefore Si content and oxidation condition affected on mean diameter of pores in scale through the oxidation weight gain.
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