Microstructural investigations of pure nickel exposed to KCl induced high temperature corrosion

T.  Jonsson; A.  Slomian; Trine Nybo Lomholt; Saeed Kiamehr; Kristian Vinter Dahl

doi:10.1179/0960340914Z.00000000060

Microstructural investigations of pure nickel exposed to KCl induced high temperature corrosion

T. Jonsson, A. Slomian, Trine Nybo Lomholt, Saeed Kiamehr, Kristian Vinter Dahl

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Abstract

Oxidation of 99?99% pure nickel was studied with and without 0?10 mg cm22 KCl(s) in an environment containing 5 vol.-%O2, 40 vol.-%H2O and 55 vol.-%N2 at 600uC for up to 168 h. Oxide microstructure was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), focused ion beam (FIB), broad ion beam (BIB) and SEM/EDX. Oxidised nickel shows an approximately parabolic oxide growth rate. The oxide scale is dense with some pores at the oxide/metal interface. Adding small amounts of KCl does not result in a faster corrosion rate of nickel. However, the surface morphology changes and small oxide crusts were observed in the vicinity of former KCl particles. This is proposed to be the result of a NiCl2–KCl eutectic on top of the oxide scale formed above 514uC. The oxide scale formed in the presence of KCl contains more and differently distributed voids than the scale formed without KCl.

Original language	English
Journal	Materials at High Temperatures
Volume	32
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	44-49
ISSN	0960-3409
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/0960340914Z.00000000060
Publication status	Published - 2015

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This article is part of a special issue on Microscopy of Oxidation 9

Keywords

Nickel
KCl
High temperature corrosion
600 C
Electron microscopy

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