The Open Corrosion Journal
2010, 3 : 92-98Published online 2010 December 15. DOI: 10.2174/1876503301003010092
Publisher ID: TOCORRJ-3-92
Effect of Alloying Element of S, Se or Te on Oxidation Resistance of Cu at 573-873 K
Key Laboratory of
Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, and
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University,
Changchun 130022, China
ABSTRACT
The influence of alloying element S, Se or Te on the oxidation resistance of pure Cu was studied by oxidizing in 0.1 MPa pure oxygen atmosphere at 573-873 K in comparison with a 6N Cu (99.9999 wt.%). The addition of S, Se or Te is found to improve the oxidation resistance of Cu remarkably. This improvement is contributed from the accumulation of alloying element at the Cu2O/Cu interface and segregation of alloying elements at grain boundaries in Cu2O.