Diffusion of chromium, manganese, and iron in MnCr2O4 spinel

Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion - Tập 26 - Trang 561-564 - 2005
Jolanta Gilewicz-Wolter1, Joanna Dudała1, Zbigniew Żurek2, Marta Homa2, Jerzy Lis3, Marcin Wolter4
1The Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
2Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Cracow University of Technology Warszawska str. 24, Kraków, Poland
3The Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
4Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland

Tóm tắt

As a result of the oxidation of chromium (Cr)-manganese (Mn) steels, a multilayer scale is formed. The intermediate layer of this scale is composed of MnCr2O4 spinel, and the outer layer is composed of MnO. The aim of the current study is to examine self-diffusion processes in MnCr2O4 spinel by a tracer method. In experiments, the radioisotopes 54Mn, 51Cr, and 59Fe were used. The serial sectioning method was applied for the simultaneous evaluation of diffusion rates of Cr, Mn, and iron (Fe) in MnCr2O4 spinel at 1173 K under a pressure of 105 Pa in SO2 containing 10 Pa O2. This spinel was obtained by a modified sol-gel method from metal nitrates (R. Gajerski and Z. Zurek, personal communication, 14.04.2004). It was found that the dominant mechanism of Mn transport in the studied samples is a volume diffusion, while Cr and Fe are transported mainly through the high-diffusivity paths.

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