Effect of Si and temperature on an initial stage of oxidation of Fe-Si (01.5 mass%) alloys in air was investigated for up to 150s at temperatures between 1323 and 1473K. Iron and the Fe-0.1Si alloy formed a triplex oxide layer structure of FeO (Fe
3O
4 included)/Fe
3O
4/Fe
2O
3, obeying a parabolic rate law and the temperature dependence of the parabolic rate constants yield activation energies of 101 and 156 kJ/mol for Fe and an Fe-0.1%Si alloy, respectively. The alloys containing 1.0 and 1.5 Si showed very slow oxidation below 1373K due to a formation of duplex Fe
2O
3 and SiO
2 layers. These alloys oxidized faster, obeying a linear rate law owing to liquid Fe
2SiO
4 formation in the triplexlayer structure of FeO (Fe
3O
4 included)/Fe
3O
4/Fe
2O
3 at 1473K. At temperatures of 1373 and 1423K the alloys containing 0.4, 0.5, and 1.0 Si oxidized slowly during initial periods and then the oxidation rate increased rapidly due to liquid Fe
2SiO
4 formation. Measurements of sample temperatures showed that this is due to over-heating of the sample by the rapid oxidation. The composite FeO and Fe
3O
4 layer between the FeO and Fe
3O
4 layers was suppressed in the Fe and Fe-low Si alloys, when oxidized at temperatures below 1173K, while it appeared even in rapidly quenched samples oxidized above 1273K..
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