Oxidation mechanism of micron-sized aluminum particles in Al-CO2 gradually heating system

Y. Liu, H. Ren, Q. J. Jiao*

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Abstract

Micron-sized aluminum powders were heated in carbon dioxide atmosphere through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) method in this work. Aluminum powders were oxidized into four distinct stages from room temperature to 1500°C. Stage I, amorphous alumina shell turns to γ-Al2O3 phase from room temperature to 620°C. Stage II, accompany with the aluminum core melting, alumina shell becomes thicker and fragile at the temperature around 667°C which is the melting point of aluminum. Stage III, in the temperature range of 690-1150°C, alumina shell was broken partially because of the inside pressure. Liquid aluminum spurts out through the weak point which becomes cracks on the surface just like volcano eruption and then oxidized by CO2 while the temperature increased from 700°C to 900°C. Stage IV, alumina changes to stable α-Al2O3. From what was presented above, a mechanism of micron-sized aluminum particle oxidation in CO2 under gradually increasing temperature condition was proposed as "eruption model".

Original languageEnglish
Article number012002
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume248
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Oct 2017
Event2017 International Conference on Structural, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, ICSMME 2017 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 13 Jul 201715 Jul 2017

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