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Original Articles

The nitrogen-absorption isotherm for Fe–21.5 at. % Cr alloy: dependence of excess nitrogen uptake on precipitation morphology

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Pages 2411-2426 | Received 20 Feb 2008, Accepted 15 Jul 2008, Published online: 25 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

Nitriding of Fe–21.5 at. % Cr alloy leads to a “discontinuously coarsened”, chromium-nitride/ferrite lamellar precipitation morphology in the nitrided zone. The nitrogen-absorption isotherm for this alloy with this precipitation morphology was determined at 560°C. To assure a constant precipitation morphology the Fe–21.5 at. % Cr specimen was first homogeneously pre-nitrided (at 580°C in an ammonia/hydrogen gas mixture of nitriding potential 0.103 atm−1/2) and then de-nitrided (at 470°C in hydrogen gas atmosphere). The amount of nitrogen remaining in the de-nitrided specimen indicated that the composition of the nitride precipitates is CrN and not (Fe, Cr)N. The measured nitrogen-absorption isotherm revealed the presence of excess nitrogen in the nitrided specimen, which is a surprise in view of the coarse, lamellar precipitation morphology. The occurrence of this excess nitrogen could be ascribed to an unexpected, minor fraction of the total chromium content in the alloy present as coherent, tiny nitride platelets within the ferrite lamellae of the “discontinuously coarsened” lamellar precipitation morphology, as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy. A possible kinetic background for this unusual phenomenon was discussed.

Notes

Notes

1. In the following, the concentration “[A]” will be expressed as either “atomic percentage A of the whole specimen” or as “number of A atoms per 100 (Fe + Cr) atoms”, which will be indicated explicitly.

2. In the absence of dissolved (mobile excess and equilibrium) and adsorbed nitrogen, it follows: [N]CrN = 17.29 at. % (cf. Section 3.2; this is level ‘A’ in ).

3. In the de-nitrided specimen, [N]CrN = 17.29 at. % (level ‘A’ in ). When [N]interface is inserted into the specimen, [N]CrN changes from 17.29 at. % to 17.23 at. %.

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