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The corrosion behaviour of some commercial austenitic steels and nimonic aalloys has been studied at 650, 800, 900 and 1000°C in air and in the presence of ash residues obtained from coals of Indian origin. The ash is non-aggressive at temperature s where formation of corrosion-producing alkali iron trisulphates is normally expected; on the contrary, the silicates present in the ash provide protection against corrosron. A.t higher temperatures the ash is corrosive due to onset of sulphidation and molten alhali sulphate attack. In general, the corrosion rates of high-ash coated alloys are much higher than those coated with low ash. The higher corrosion rates in the former have been attributed to a higher level of free silica in the ash which undergoes slag-type reactions. Both types of ash exhibit two different and distinct scale morphologies.
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