Up to now, the aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments have been modified by Pt, Cr, Si and Ni. In this investigation, aluminide coatings were modified b...Up to now, the aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments have been modified by Pt, Cr, Si and Ni. In this investigation, aluminide coatings were modified by titanium and the microstructural feature and formation mechanism were evaluated. The coatings were formed on a Ni-based superalloy(IN738LC) by a two stage process including titanizing at first and aluminizing thereafter. Pack cementation titanizing performed at temperatures 950° C and 1050° C in several mixtures of Ti, A12O3 and NH^Cl. At the second stage, aluminum diffused into surface of the specimens by an industrial aluminizing process known as Elcoatl01(4 hrs at 1050° C). The modified coatings were characterized by means of standard optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-Ray diffraction methods. The results show that Ti in the coatings is mainly present in the form of TiNi and Al67Cr8Ti25. Titanium modified coatings grew with a mechanism similar to simple aluminizing; this includes inward diffusion of Al from the pack to the substrate and then outward diffusion of Ni from the substrate to the coating. The advantages and characteristics of this two-stage modified coating is discussed and the process parameters are proposed to obtain a coating of optimum microstructure.展开更多
In this investigation, aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments were modified with silicon addition and the microstructural features and formation mechani...In this investigation, aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments were modified with silicon addition and the microstructural features and formation mechanism were evaluated. The coating on the nickel-based superalloy IN738LC was carried out by a two stage process including siliconizing at first and aluminizing thereafter. Pack cementation siliconizing performed at 950C for 2, 4 and 6 hours in several powder mixtures of Si, A12O3 and NHiCl, then aluminum was diffused into the surface of the specimens by an industrial aluminizing process. The modified coatings were characterized by means of standard metallography, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction methods. The results show that Si in the coatings mainly presents in the form of secondary phases including Cr3Si, Mo5Si3 and Nii6Ti6Si7, well distributed within the NiAl matrix. The advantages of this two stage modified coating is discussed.展开更多
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of forming iron aluminide coatings on a commercial 9Cr-lMo (wt.%) alloy steel by pack cementation at 650 °C in an attempt to improve its high temperature oxidation r...This study aims to investigate the feasibility of forming iron aluminide coatings on a commercial 9Cr-lMo (wt.%) alloy steel by pack cementation at 650 °C in an attempt to improve its high temperature oxidation resistance. Pack powders containing Al, A12O3 and a series of halide salts were used to carry out the coating deposition experiments, which enabled identification of the most suitable activator for the pack aluminising process at the intended temperature. The effect of pack aluminium content on the growth kinetics and microstructure of the coatings was then studied by keeping deposition conditions and pack activator content constant while increasing the pack aluminium content from 1.4 wt.% to 6 wt.%. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were used to analyse the phases and microstructures of the coatings formed and to determine depth profiles of coating elements in the coating layer. Oxidation resistance of the coating was studied at 650 °C in air by intermittent weight measurement at room temperature. It was observed that the coating could substantially enhance the oxidation resistance of the steel under these testing conditions, which was attributed to the capability of the iron aluminide phases to form alumina scale on the coating surface through preferential Al oxidation.展开更多
基金The authors thank Isfahan University of technology for help with OM,SEM,and XRD.Special thank to Dr.F.Shahriari for his instruction and kindly cooperation.
文摘Up to now, the aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments have been modified by Pt, Cr, Si and Ni. In this investigation, aluminide coatings were modified by titanium and the microstructural feature and formation mechanism were evaluated. The coatings were formed on a Ni-based superalloy(IN738LC) by a two stage process including titanizing at first and aluminizing thereafter. Pack cementation titanizing performed at temperatures 950° C and 1050° C in several mixtures of Ti, A12O3 and NH^Cl. At the second stage, aluminum diffused into surface of the specimens by an industrial aluminizing process known as Elcoatl01(4 hrs at 1050° C). The modified coatings were characterized by means of standard optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-Ray diffraction methods. The results show that Ti in the coatings is mainly present in the form of TiNi and Al67Cr8Ti25. Titanium modified coatings grew with a mechanism similar to simple aluminizing; this includes inward diffusion of Al from the pack to the substrate and then outward diffusion of Ni from the substrate to the coating. The advantages and characteristics of this two-stage modified coating is discussed and the process parameters are proposed to obtain a coating of optimum microstructure.
基金The authors appreciate Isfahan University of Technology for financial support.
文摘In this investigation, aluminide coatings used to protect industrial components at high temperature and corrosive environments were modified with silicon addition and the microstructural features and formation mechanism were evaluated. The coating on the nickel-based superalloy IN738LC was carried out by a two stage process including siliconizing at first and aluminizing thereafter. Pack cementation siliconizing performed at 950C for 2, 4 and 6 hours in several powder mixtures of Si, A12O3 and NHiCl, then aluminum was diffused into the surface of the specimens by an industrial aluminizing process. The modified coatings were characterized by means of standard metallography, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction methods. The results show that Si in the coatings mainly presents in the form of secondary phases including Cr3Si, Mo5Si3 and Nii6Ti6Si7, well distributed within the NiAl matrix. The advantages of this two stage modified coating is discussed.
基金The authors wish to thank the European Commission for funding this research under the SUPERCOAT programme contract ENK5-CT-2002-00608(SUPERCOAT).
文摘This study aims to investigate the feasibility of forming iron aluminide coatings on a commercial 9Cr-lMo (wt.%) alloy steel by pack cementation at 650 °C in an attempt to improve its high temperature oxidation resistance. Pack powders containing Al, A12O3 and a series of halide salts were used to carry out the coating deposition experiments, which enabled identification of the most suitable activator for the pack aluminising process at the intended temperature. The effect of pack aluminium content on the growth kinetics and microstructure of the coatings was then studied by keeping deposition conditions and pack activator content constant while increasing the pack aluminium content from 1.4 wt.% to 6 wt.%. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were used to analyse the phases and microstructures of the coatings formed and to determine depth profiles of coating elements in the coating layer. Oxidation resistance of the coating was studied at 650 °C in air by intermittent weight measurement at room temperature. It was observed that the coating could substantially enhance the oxidation resistance of the steel under these testing conditions, which was attributed to the capability of the iron aluminide phases to form alumina scale on the coating surface through preferential Al oxidation.
