“…The 6 wt% of Al in the investigated alloy is above the minimum Al concentration suggested for the formation of Al-rich oxide layers on FeCrAl alloys [33] and, indeed, the formation of an Al-rich oxide layer was evident after the different preoxidation treatments (Figures 1, 3 and 4). It is well documented [19][20][21]24,25,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] that formation of any of the Al2O3 polymorphs (α-, γ-, δ-, θ-phase) is influenced by variables such as H2O in the environment, temperature and time. Earlier studies [22,24,32] have reported that α-Al2O3 formation is favoured at temperatures above 1050 o C, while at lower temperatures metastable polymorphs (δ-, γ-, θ-Al2O3) predominate.…”