Darwin Sebayang

Effect of Nanocrystalline and Ti Implantation on the Oxidation Behaviour of Fe80Cr20 Alloy and Commercial Ferritic Steel

The oxidation behaviour of developed Fe80Cr20 alloy and commercial ferritic steel at 1173 - 1373 K in air is studied. Effects of crystallite size and titanium implantation on the oxidation behaviour of specimens were analyzed based on oxide morphologies and microstructures. Oxide scales characterisations of specimen after oxidized were identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The surface morphology of oxide scales were examined with scanning electronic microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The rate constant of oxidation were determined using Wagner method. The results show that crystallite size and titanium implantation has remarkably enhanced the oxidation resistance. The oxidation kinetics indicate that the developed Fe80Cr20 as the finer crystallite size both unimplanted and implanted specimens show better performance.

Comparison of high temperature oxidation of nanocrystalline FeCr alloy consolidated by spark plasma sintering and hot pressing

The oxidation kinetics and microstructure characteristics of oxide scales thermally grown on the surface of developed FeCr alloy were investigated at 900 °C. The influence of difference sintering technique, i.e. spark plasma sintering and hot pressing, to improve nanostructured alloy performance was studied. The La-implantation was also considered in this study. It was found that the SPS sintered sample showed better performance than the HP sintered sample. Moreover, it also found that a combining of La-implantation and nanostructured alloy was most beneficial. While nanostructured alloy reduced the oxidation rate, the La-implantation increased the Cr2O3 scale conductivity.

Determination of Nanocrystalline Fe80Cr20 Powder Based Alloys Using Williamson-Hall Method

The aim of this study is to determine the nanocrystalline size by using Williamson-Hall method of Fe80Cr20 powder which prepared by mechanical alloying process. X-rays diffraction line profile analysis was adopted to analyze the crystallite size and microstrains of Fe80Cr20 alloys powder. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) was used to examine the microstructure morphology of the nanosized of Fe80Cr20 alloys. The crystallite size, microstrain, and lattice parameters were estimated by Williamson–Hall plot. The results showed that the mechanical alloying processes resulted the final product in nanocrystalline size range (below 12 nm) which confirmed by TEM observation and XRD line profile analysis.

Microstructure Study on Fe/Cr Based Alloys Added with Yttrium Oxide (Y2O3) Prepared via Ultrasonic Technique for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Application

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are the current research having several potential to obtain high efficiency, high energy–density power generation which operated at relatively higher temperature. Yttrium oxide (Y2O3)contributions at high temperature are accelerating to the development oxide layer of FeCr alloy. The aim of this research is to investigate the microstructure of Fe/Cr added with Y2O3 acting as a reactive element. The purpose is to improve macrostructure of Fe/Cr powders which can be applied at steel industry. In this study the mixing process of Fe/Cr and Y2O3 powder was conducted via ultrasonic treatment at a frequency of 22 kHz, and at two different holding time of 2.5 h and 3.5 h. The particle size of chromium (Cr) can be reduced by ultrasonic treatment at from 60µm to 30µm through threshing the cluster of Cr particle. It shows that the ultrasonic vibration effectively removes oxides and other contaminates on a surface coating. Therefore, homogeneity of the parent material, segregation, and uniform distribution of second phase were increased.

Effect of Cr to Fe on the Solid Solubility, Lattice Parameter and Strain of Fe80Cr20 Alloy Powder

-Fe-Cr phase was investigated using formula Fe80Cr20. Ball milling process and ultrasonic technique is successfully done to develop solid solubility and improve homogenous, respectively. However, the effect of the Cr to Fe powder is not complete investigated using combination of its process. Ball milling is conducted by milling time of 60 hours and ultrasonic technique were carried out at ultrasonic time of 3 h, 3.5 h, 4 h, 4.5 h and 5 h. From the strain effect analysis is obtained that the strain increased with crystallite size decreased and broad peaks due to the micro strain that is obtained from the increasing d-spacing. The solid solubility and lattice parameter of the material relatively increased from the untreated sample to treated samples with the highest solid solubility of 62.1% and highest lattice parameter of 3.091 nm which is located at the milled and UB 4.5 hours. It is caused the temperature increased that effect to the higher diffusion of the atom. Therefore, the combination treatment is highest promote to improve the properties of the metallic materials.

Oxidation Resistance of Fe80Cr20 Alloys Treated by Rare Earth Element Ion Implantation

The oxidation behaviour of newly developed process of Fe80Cr20 alloy was studied as a function of temperature in the range 1173‐1273 K for up to 100 h in flowing air, which corresponds to the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) environment operating conditions. The effects of rare earth element implantation and depth profile on the oxidation behaviour of specimens were analyzed based on oxide morphology and microstructure. Characterisation of the oxide phase products after oxidation was made by X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The surface morphology of oxide scales was examined using the scanning electronic microscope (SEM) with energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis (EDX). The rate constant of thermal oxidation was determined using Wagner method. Experimental results show that the specimens implanted with lanthanum have remarkably enhanced the oxidation resistance. The oxidation test indicates that the newly developed process of Fe80Cr20 implantation with lanthanum ions exhibit considerably greater improvement in the oxidati...

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline FeCr Alloy Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering

This paper investigates the efficiency of two consolidation processing techniques prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and hot pressing (HP) which allow obtaining fully dense nanostructured materials. FeCr powders were sintered by using spark plasma sintering (SPS) and hot pressing (HP) sintering techniques over sintering temperature up to 1000oC. The microstructures of the sintered end-products were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). X-rays diffraction line profile analysis was adopted to analyze the crystallite size of starting and sintered FeCr using Williamson–Hall method. The density of the sintered specimens was measured by using the Archimedes method. The result indicated that the dense specimen with relative similar density and approaching the equilibrium state obtained in shorter time and lower sintering temperature by spark plasma sintering compared to conventional hot pressing. The FeCr specimen prepared by SPS showed more effective to retain nanocrystalline and better mechanical properties than those prepared by HP. The diffraction investigation revealed that the grain growth was not significant in SPS process compared to HP, which would enhance the mechanical properties of the SPS sintered FeCr.

NiO Development on FeCrAl Substrate for Catalytic Converter Using Ultrasonic and Nickel Electroplating Methods

The irregular surface roughness morphology due to ultrasonic method was used approach for increasing the high surface area of substrate and catalyst. The purpose of this paper is to show the ultrasonic and nickel electroplating methods for NiO automotive catalyst development on FeCrAl substrate. The process began with pretreatment of FeCrAl using SiC and/or Al2O3 solution agitating by ultrasonic and followed with nickel electroplating. The oxidation test was conducted for developing the NiO. The physical morphology structure of the presence NiO on the FeCrAl substrate was analyzed using scanning electron microscope (SEM) in combination with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The cross sectional observation show the NiO catalyst completely existed on the FeCrAl. The ultrasonic method increases the irregular surface roughness morphology on FeCrAl substrate that influenced the homogeneous and stability of nickel electroplating and NiO surface area development.

The Cross-Sectional Investigation of Oxide Scale FeCr Alloys and Commercial Ferritic Steel Implanted with Lanthanum and Titanium Dopants after Oxidation Test at 900°C

The cross-sectional examinations of oxide scales formed by oxidation on the surface of FeCr alloys and Ferritic Steel that implanted with lanthanum and titanium dopants were observed and investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) has been used to study the cross-sectional oxides produced by specimens after oxidation process. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to strengthen the analysis of the oxide scale morphology, oxide phases and oxidation products. Cross-sectional observations show the effectiveness of La implantation for improving thinner and stronger scale/substrate interface during oxidation process. The result shows that the thickness of oxide scales formed on the surface of La implanted FeCr alloy and ferritic steel was found less than 3 μm and 300 μm, respectively. The oxide scale formed on the surface of La implanted specimens consisted roughly of Cr2O3 with a small amount of FeO mixture, which indicates that lanthanum implantation can improve the adherence, reduce the growth of the oxide scale as well as reduce the Cr evaporation. On the other side, the oxide scale formed on the surface of FeCr alloys and ferritic steel that implanted with titanium dopant was thicker, indicating that significant increase in oxidation mass gain. It can be noticed that titanium implantation ineffectively promotes Cr rich oxide. At the same time, the amount of Fe increased and diffused outwards, which caused the formation and rapid growth of FeO.

Effect of low current density and low frequency on oxidation resistant and coating activity of coated FeCrAl substrate by γ-Al2O3 powder

High oxidation resistant is the needed material properties for material that operates in high temperature such as catalytic converter material. FeCrAl alloy acts as metallic material and is used as substrate material that is coated by ceramic material i.e. γ-Al2O3. The main purpose of this research is to increase oxidation resistant of metallic material as it will help improve the life time of metallic catalytic converter. Ultrasonic technique (UB) and Nickel electroplating technique (EL) were used to achieve the objective. UB was carried out using various time of 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 h, in low frequency of 35 kHz and ethanol as the electrolyte. Meanwhile, EL was conducted using various times of 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 minutes, DC power supply was 1.28A and sulphamate type as the solution. The characterization and analysis were carried out using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and box furnace at various temperature of 1000, 1100 and 1200 °C. SEM analysis shows the surface morphology of treated and untrea...