Abstract
We have used excimer laser processing in air to grow thick oxide layers on AISI 304 stainless steel and have characterized the resulting oxide layer using a variety of techniques including Mössbauer, Auger, and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray and electron diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and nuclear reaction analysis. The resulting oxide, which is grown under rapid quenching conditions, has a spinel structure and a complex composition. In particular, a Cr to Fe ratio of approximately one was observed to persist throughout the oxide. Carbon incorporation at approximately 13 at%, presumably from surface contamination, and N at approximately 5 at% were also found.
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