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The Characterization and Phase Transformation in Iron Oxides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

K.C. Liao
K.C. Liao*
Affiliation:
Technical Center, National Steel Corp., Trenton, MI48183
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In the processing of sheet steel, slabs are normally heated in a reheat furnace in the temperature range of 1200° -1300° C, extracted, hot rolled on a hot strip mill (HSM) and further processed. Because of the high operating temperature and the availability of oxygen, the steel surface is usually severely oxidized. The furnace scale could be a few millimeters thick. Abnormally thick scale may not be easily removed by high-pressure water sprays at the HSM. Rolled-in scale can contribute to underpickling and potentially result in the generation of steel surface defects.

Furnace scale typically consists of three oxide layers, Fe2O3 (hematite) on the outside surface, Fe3O4 (magnetite) in the middle and FeO1+x (wustite) next to the steel substrate. An example is shown in Figure 1. The three oxide layers are identified by H (hematite), M (magnetite) and W (wustite). Furnace scale samples of low carbon steel have been analyzed via x-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical metallography in order to characterize the scale.

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Oxidation/Corrosion
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 5 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '99, Microscopy Society of America 57th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon August 1-5, 1999 , August 1999 , pp. 850 - 851
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