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The oxidation of pure Co and two Co-Y alloys containing 2 at.% and 5 at.% Y has been studied at 600-800 degrees C in air. The oxidation of pure cobalt at all temperatures followed the parabolic rate law. The oxidation of the two alloys approximately followed the parabolic rate law at 800 degrees C, but was closer to cubic behavior at 600 and 700 degrees C except Co-5Y at 600 degrees C, which deviated from the cubic and parabolic rate law. The corrosion of both alloys at the three temperatures produced an external scale containing Co oxides (Co3O4, CoO) and Y2O3 and an internal oxidation region where Co17Y2 was converted into Co and Y2O3. The distribution of Y2O3 closely followed that of the intermetallic compound (Co17Y2) in the original alloy. The corrosion mechanism of the alloys is examined. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.