Abstract
Oxidation behavior of a Ni-45Ti-5Al-2Nb-1Mo (composition in at %) alloy was studied in comparison with the Ni-45Ti-5Al alloy by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cyclic oxidation tests. The results show that the microstructure of Ni-45Ti-5Al-2Nb-1Mo alloy is composed of NiTi matrix, Ti2Ni and (Nb, Ti) solid solution phases. By 2 at% Nb and 1 at% Mo addition, the Ni-45Ti-5Al-2Nb-1Mo alloy shows excellent oxidation resistance. The mass gain of Ni-45Ti-5Al-2Nb-1Mo alloy after 100 h exposure at 800 °C is 2.29 mg/cm2, which is much lower than that of Ni-45Ti-5Al alloy. This is mainly resulted from the doping effect of Nb and Mo in TiO2 and the formation of a continuous Al2O3 layer by Nb and Mo addition. The oxide scale of the present alloy is with multi-layer structure in order of TiO2 layer/ Al2O3 + NiAl2O4 mixture layer/ TiO2 layer/ Nb-rich TiO2 layer/ Ni3Ti layer from outside.
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