High-Temperature Oxidation of Metals and Alloys

Abstract

This article gives a general survey of high temperature oxidation in metals and alloys, demonstrating how different environmental conditions and chemical composition of the alloys determine the mode of oxidation process. As a special phenomenon, the internal oxidation wherein the oxygen atoms diffuse into the alloy and react with a less-noble solute element is also reviewed. The basic knowledge, the models and understanding of the phenomena are summarized from the literature which is written at the end of the paper.