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Oxidation Behavior of Intermetallic Phase and Its Contribution to the Oxidation Resistance in Fe-Cr-Zr Ferritic Alloy

Metals 2022, 12(5), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12050827
by Shenghu Chen * and Lijian Rong
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Metals 2022, 12(5), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12050827
Submission received: 22 April 2022 / Revised: 7 May 2022 / Accepted: 9 May 2022 / Published: 11 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Corrosion and Protection of Materials)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript by S. Chen and L. Rong is a solid study of the oxidation of Fe-Cr-Zr alloy at high temperatures. The results include careful XRD, SEM, and TEM measurements, which reveal the oxidation behavior of Fe-Cr-Zr in comparison with other commercial alloys. This study will be interesting for the readers of Metals after minor imrovements.

  1. Introduction and throughout the text: “laves phases” should be “Laves phases”.
  2. Page 6: Please, explain the OM abbreviation. Also, the SAED abbreviation on page 3 is given without explanation. The same is true for “BSE”.
  3. Page 8. The authors state that the layer of magnetite Fe3O4 is formed as a result of oxidation under the oxygen-saturated Pb-Bi eutectic. The presence of Fe3O4 should be confirmed either by XRD or SAED measurements to make such a conclusion.
  4. Page 9. Comment: I wouldn’t so rely on the EDS results to use them in calculations of compositions of the partially oxidized phases. Oxygen is a light element. EDS gives large uncertainty in the quantity of oxygen.

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Reviewer 2 Report

In The submitted paper “Oxidation behavior of intermetallic phase and its contribution to the oxidation resistance in Fe-Cr-Zr ferritic alloy” the authors presents an interesting study. The paper could be accepted after some corrections.

Abstract: .....Pb-Bi eutectic separately

Reviewer: Please add: “Pb-Bi eutectic that is used in an advanced nuclear reactor”.

Also in the introduction “Pb-Bi eutectic” role and “advanced nuclear reactor” should be explained in more detail.

2.2. Oxidation tests in air and in liquid Pb-Bi eutectic 64

Samples with dimensions of 8×8×8 mm3

Reviewer: dimensions of 8×8×8 mm (V = 512 mm3)?

Row 74: Ar+5%O2 serves as the.....

Reviewer: O2    2 in subscript

Please give the full name of BSE image and OM when first appear.

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