Anomalous oxidation of intermetallics

Book · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:72547

Berztiss, D A; Pettit, F S; Meier, G H ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

MoSi{sub 2}, {beta}-NiAl and TiAl with Cr additions are of interest for high temperature applications in oxidizing environments, where an oxide layer such as SiO{sub 2} or Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} should form to protect the base material. At elevated temperatures (600--1,700 C), a protective SiO{sub 2} layer forms on MoSi{sub 2}, while near 500 C pesting and/or accelerated oxidation could disintegrate the material to powder as Mo and Si oxidize to form a complex, thick, non-protective oxide layer. Use of {gamma}-TiAl is limited by poor oxidation resistance, whereby layered mixed oxides of TiO{sub 2} and Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} form. With the addition of Cr from 4 to 34 at%, results are varied: protective Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} formation, mixed oxide formation as with TiAl or more rapid oxidation than TiAl. NiAl is currently used as a diffusion coating on Ni-based superalloys and is being considered for use as a structural material itself because of its excellent oxidation resistance, i.e. forming {alpha}-alumina above 1,000 C. Recent work indicates that pure NiAl oxidized under low oxygen partial pressures in a contained atmosphere develops nonprotective oxide scales similar to accelerated oxidation of MoSi{sub 2}. This study explores the parameters defining protective behavior of these intermetallics and attempts to describe and explain anomalies at low temperatures and pressures.

• OSTI ID: 72547
• Report Number(s): CONF-941144--; ISBN 1-55899-265-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM SILICIDES
NICKEL ALLOYS
OXIDATION
SCALING
SILICON OXIDES
TITANIUM ALLOYS