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Production of Aluminide Layers on AISI 304 Stainless Steel at Low Temperatures Using the Slurry Process

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Intermetallic compounds, such as iron aluminides exhibit excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance, as well as metallurgical bonding with excellent adhesion to the substrate. In this work, aluminizing treatments were carried out using the dipping into slurry process to produce iron aluminide coatings on stainless steel substrates. In this process, AISI 304 stainless steel samples were immersed in a slurry consisting of polyvinyl butyral, ethyl alcohol and a powder composed of Al, AlCl3 and Al2O3, dried and then placed in sealed crucibles without further protection. These samples were treated at temperatures of 500 and 650 °C for 2, 4, 6 and 8 h and then air-cooled. Flat and homogeneous layers were obtained over the substrate with increased thickness observed with increasing temperature and treatment time. Considering that the traditional treatments of aluminization by the pack process are carried out at temperatures close to 900 °C and use larger amounts of material, the low temperature treatments used in this work offer potential cost savings.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001. The authors would also like to thank the CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) Finance code 305.294/2015-6 and University of São Paulo (USP).

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  1. Materials Engineering Department, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Rafael Magalhães Triani, Lucas Fuscaldi De Assis Gomes, Ricardo Junior Tadeu Aureliano & Luiz Carlos Casteletti

  2. Department of Materials, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Amadeu Lombardi Neto

  3. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA

    George Edward Totten

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Triani, R.M., Gomes, L.F.A., Aureliano, R.J.T. et al. Production of Aluminide Layers on AISI 304 Stainless Steel at Low Temperatures Using the Slurry Process. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 3568–3574 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04748-3

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