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Study of Metal Dusting Phenomenon and Development of Materials Resistant to Metal Dusting - 2002

Natesan, K.

Argonne National Laboratory

Table of Contents

Section 1
1797kb		 Figures iv
Tables viii
Abstract 1
Project Description 1
Section 2
558kb		 Objectives 2
Steering Group and MTI Project Meetings 2
Approach 3
Project Tasks 4
Background 4
  Process Environments 4
Metal Dusting Mechanism 7
Technical Progress 8
  Gas Phase Reactions 8
Carbon Activity Calculations 9
Section 3
826kb		 Experimental Program 13
  Equipment Description 13
Materials 17
Specimen Preparation 19
Test Results and Discussion 20
  Key Variables for Carbon Deposition and Metal Dusting 20
Section 4
989kb		 Characteristics of Carbon Deposits 23
Proposed Metal Dusting Mechanism 33
Section 5
1051kb		 Metal Dusting of Pure Metals 35
Section 6
3242kb		 Behavior of Fe- and Ni-Base Alloys 42
Section 7
1214kb		 Discussion of Metal Dusting Initiation 53
Performance of Pack-Diffusion Coatings 61
Section 8
1842kb		 Project Summary 66
Acknowledgments 70
References 70