Impact of iron powder pressing temperature on high-temperature corrosion of the obtained sinters

The work presents the results of kinetic studies of the high-temperature oxidation process of metallic iron sinters obtained by a hotpressing method in an anaerobic atmosphere. The conducted studies for a model arrangement (iron) allow to determine the effect of conditions for obtaining metallic pressed materials on the course of a high-temperature corrosion process. What is more, iron oxide sinters characterized by an expanded surface disclosed by a morphological analysis of the resulting scales may be used as catalyst carriers or as input material for obtaining porous iron by reduction. Sinters intended for research were obtained in a device for one-axial hot-pressing of samples at a pressure of 8 MPa within the temperature range 600 – 900oC in vacuum. The research into the kinetics of metallic sinters oxidation was carried out in the standard apparatus for high-temperature thermogravimetric studies using a continuous method with automatic recording of measurement within the temperature range 500 – 700oC in synthetic air atmosphere. The dependence of oxidation kinetics of metallic sinters on a pressing temperature was determined. Morphology as well as the chemical and phase composition of the tested samples were described using the SEM/EDX and XRD methods.