High temperature scaling of Ni-xSi-10 at.% Al alloys in 1 atm of pure O2 |
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Authors: | Y Wu |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wencui Road 62, 110016 Shenyang, China |
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Abstract: | The oxidation of Ni-xSi-10Al alloys (with x = 0, 2, 4 and 6 at.%), has been studied at 900 and 1000 °C in 1 atm of pure O2 to examine the effect of different silicon additions on the behavior of ternary Ni-Si-10Al alloys. The kinetic curves of Ni-10Al are approximately parabolic at both 900 and 1000 °C. Conversely, the kinetics of the ternary alloys at both temperatures correspond generally to a rate decrease faster than predicted by the parabolic rate law, except for the oxidation of Ni-6Si-10Al at 1000 °C, which exhibits a single nearly-parabolic stage. Oxidation of the binary alloy formed at both temperatures an internal oxidation zone beneath a layer of NiO. Oxidation of Ni-2Si-10Al at both temperatures and of the other two alloys at 900 °C formed initially a zone of internal oxidation of Al + Si. However, a layer of alumina forming at the front of internal oxidation after some time blocked the internal oxidation and produced a gradual conversion of the metal matrix of this region into NiO, with a simultaneous decrease of the oxidation rate. Conversely, the oxidation of Ni-4Si-10Al and Ni-6Si-10Al at 1000 °C did not produce an internal oxidation, but formed an alumina layer directly on the alloy surface after an initial stage when also Ni was oxidized. Therefore, silicon exerts the third-element effect by reducing the critical Al content needed for the transition from its internal to its external oxidation with respect to the corresponding Ni-Al alloy. This result is interpreted by means of an extension to ternary alloys of Wagner’s criterion for the same transition in binary alloys based on the attainment of a critical volume fraction of internal oxide. |
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Keywords: | A Ternary Ni-xSi-10Al alloys C Oxidation C Silicon effect |
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