The microstructural effects of the reduction step in the reactive consolidation of slurry processed Mn 1?5 Co 1?5 O 4 coated Crofer 22 APU were studied using cross-sectional scanning and transmission electron microscopies. Alloy samples were coated with a Mn 1?5 Co 1?5 O 4 slurry and then reduced in moist H 2 based forming gas at 850uC for 4 h. The reduced coating contained particles of MnO with the NaCl structure and Co with the face centred cubic (FCC) structure. The interface exhibited a thin dense chromia layer with a thicker porous MnCr 2 O 4 overlayer with needle-like protrusions into the reduced coating. Evidence for inter-reactions during the concurrent coating reduction and substrate oxidation include Co rich metallic inclusions in the spinel layer and an enrichment of the spinel in Mn with distance from the chromia layer. The consequences of these observations for the complex microstructural variation during subsequent reoxidation and long term thermal exposure are discussed.
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