Fig. 6: Chemical activity of elements during oxidation process.
From: High-throughput reaction engineering to assess the oxidation stability of MAX phases

Oxidation reaction chain showing change in chemical potential of Ti2AlC as a function of changing molar percent oxygen at 1500āK. On oxidation, the partial chemical potentials of Ti/Al/C reduce while the chemical potential of invading O2 increases (see Supplementary Fig. 3).