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    Oxidation and Scale Adhesion of a Type 430 Stainless Steel in Ar–CO2 Gas Mixtures at 800 °C
    (2023-04-01)
    Wiman, Panya
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    Muengjai, Angkana
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    Srihathai, Padungaut
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    Thublaor, Thammaporn
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    Siripongsakul, Thamrongsin
    Biogas is an alternative source of fuel potentially used to run solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). It mainly consists of CH<inf>4</inf> and CO<inf>2</inf> which can degrade the SOFC interconnect, which is typically made of stainless steel. To investigate the effect of each gas constituent, we focussed here on the effect of CO<inf>2</inf> on high-temperature oxidation behavior of and scale adhesion on the stainless steel interconnect, Type 430 stainless steel. The samples studied were oxidised in CO<inf>2</inf> at contents of 5–100% at 800 °C. The oxidation kinetics were found to be parabolic with the rate constant increasing when the CO<inf>2</inf> content increased. The scale adhesion was assessed using a tensile-test method. The scale formed in the atmosphere containing higher CO<inf>2</inf> content exhibited poorer scale adhesion, as indicated by a lower strain initiating the first spallation and a larger spallation percentage after the first spallation took place. The worsened scale adhesion relates to pores formed at the scale/steel interface. The adhesion energies were further quantified giving the values of about 40–100 J m<sup>–2</sup>. Oxidation mechanisms were suggested based on the dependence of the parabolic rate constant on the oxygen partial pressure and the inward diffusion of carbon-bearing species.