Reaction and diffusion phenomena upon oxidation of a (γ + α₂) TiAlNb alloy in air

Authors: Godlewska, E.; Mitoraj, M.; Morgiel, J.

Source: Materials at High Temperatures, Volume 26, Number 1, March 2009 , pp. 99-103(5)

Publisher: Science Reviews 2000 Ltd

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Abstract:

A two-phase fully lamellar titanium aluminide alloy, Ti46Al8Nb, was exposed to air at temperatures ranging from 700 to 900°C. Isothermal and cyclic oxidation tests were conducted for up to 1000 h. Oxidation kinetics was followed by gravimetric measurements. Post-test examination of specimens comprised light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron miscoscopy/EDS, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, glow discharge spectrometry, nanoindentation and scratch test. Very thin and perfectly adherent scales were composed of nanometric grains of aluminium oxide with a corundum structure on the surface, followed by a compact layer of titanium dioxide with a rutile structure and a fine-grained porous mixed-oxide layer. Chains of voids appeared locally between the compact and the porous part of the scale after extended exposure. The alloy-scale interface was complex, and contained coarse grains of alumina and Nb-rich precipitates embedded in a Ti-rich matrix. Niobium, as the least mobile element, marked the diffusion front. Major transport processes in the near-surface zone were nitrogen and oxygen inward diffusion and aluminium outward diffusion. The scale was not uniform in thickness, which might be related to grain-boundary diffusion, different orientations of the colonies of lamellae and phase composition of the lamellae on the specimen surface.

Keywords: REACTION AND DIFFUSION PHENOMENA; OXIDATION KINETICS; TIALNB ALLOY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/096034009X440263

Publication date: 2009-03-01

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