Synthesizing Nanoporous Stainless Steel Films via Vacuum Thermal Dealloying
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
- (1)
- Crack-free nanoporous stainless steel films were successfully prepared, with dealloying temperatures ranging from 450 °C to 600 °C and dealloying times of 0.5 h to 2 h.
- (2)
- The resulting structures were influenced both by the dealloying temperature and the dealloying time. The ligament size increased with dealloying temperature for a given dealloying time. Higher dealloying temperature generally resulted in the coarsest ligaments, and deviations from this trend may reflect the existence of abnormally thick ligaments within the overall distribution of ligament sizes for a given film.
- (3)
- Magnesium was not completely removed, even in the dealloyed film corresponding to “600 °C + 2 h”, i.e., the film that experienced the highest degree of dealloying. Additionally, the elemental maps of residual Mg and oxygen matched very well, implying that residual magnesium exists as an oxide.
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Ni | Cr | Mo | Si | Mn | C | P | S | Fe |
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12 | 17 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.045 | 0.03 | bal. |
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Liu, X.; Zhang, X.; Kosmidou, M.; Detisch, M.J.; Balk, T.J. Synthesizing Nanoporous Stainless Steel Films via Vacuum Thermal Dealloying. Metals 2023, 13, 1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13071255
Liu X, Zhang X, Kosmidou M, Detisch MJ, Balk TJ. Synthesizing Nanoporous Stainless Steel Films via Vacuum Thermal Dealloying. Metals. 2023; 13(7):1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13071255
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Xiaotao, Xiaomeng Zhang, Maria Kosmidou, Michael J. Detisch, and Thomas John Balk. 2023. "Synthesizing Nanoporous Stainless Steel Films via Vacuum Thermal Dealloying" Metals 13, no. 7: 1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13071255