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HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR VANADIUM-BASE ALLOYS. Final Report, June 12, 1961-July 11, 1962

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4803845

More than forty coating materials were investigated for the oxidation protection of V--Nb alloy sheet specimens at 2000 to 2400 deg F and above. The wide range of coatings included flame-sprayed ceramics, roll-bonded Fe -- Cr -- Al, slurry-coated or fused Zn, Al, Ni, and other alloys, liquidphase sintered chromium-noble metal alloys, sintered intermetallic compounds, and pack-cemented diffusion-type coatings. The most promising system studied was a diffusion-type silicide applied to V--1 wt% Ti--60 wt% Nb by a pack cementation process. This coating afforded excellent protection for at least 1000, 290, and 50 hours in static air at 2000, 2200, and 2500 deg F, respectively, and a remarkable capacity for tolerating defects was noted. Silicide-coated specimens withstood exposure to an oxyacetylene flame for 4 hours at temperatures up to 2800 deg F, and tensile and stress-rupture tests in 2000 deg F air showed no degradation of properties of the vanadium alloy base. Nickel, flamedirectly to elevated- temperature air, and the coating life was 150 and 50 hours at 2000 and 2200 deg F, respectively. A glassy phase which developed during exposure may have contributed to the ability to seal over defects for lengthy periods. As flame- sprayed, the composites could be plastically deformed, but the coatings became relatively brittie after Ni--V--Nb compounds formed at elevated temperatures. The alloy Fe--25 wt% Cr--5 wt% Al rollbonded to V--5 wt%--20 wt% Nb was protective for about 80 hours at 2000 deg F; good bonds were not obtained on the higher-Nb alloy. Greatly reduced coating life (<5 hours at 2000 deg F) was measured for most of the other systems studied. In most cases, coatings survived much longer on V--1 wt% Ti--60 Nb than on the vanadium-rich alloy. (auth)

Research Organization:
Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago. Armour Research Foundation
NSA Number:
NSA-16-027587
OSTI ID:
4803845
Report Number(s):
ARF-2227-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English