%0 Journal Article %T The study of high temperature oxidation by surface analytical techniques %A Sequeira %A C.A.C. %A Chen %A Y. %A Santos %A D. M. F. %A Song %A X. %J Corros£¿o e Protec£¿£¿o de Materiais %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X surface analytical techniques represent a powerful arsenal for practical surface analysis. here it is shown how the classical techniques are applied to study high temperature oxidation of metals, facilitating the description of the oxidation process and indicating ways to reduce oxidation. %K high temperature oxidation %K auger electron spectroscopy %K x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy %K secondary ion mass spectrometry. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0870-11642008000400002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en