ABSTRACT
Accordingly, there can be no unified theory of alloy oxidation, only a set of special cases can be treated to varying extents in a fundamental and quantitative way.
Pure metals have poor engineering properties and are rarely used as construction materials. Therefore, oxidation of alloys, particularly the methods to achieve improved oxidation resistance, are in a practical sense the most important aspects of high-temperature oxidation of metals. Because of technological importance, numerous experimental studies on the oxidation behavior of different alloys are reported in literature. Since the field of alloy oxidation is vast, no attempt is made here to give a complete survey of the extensive literature on the topic; rather, examples to illustrate the important fundamentals are presented.
