OXIDATION PROPERTY AND FAILURE MECHANISM OF A SINGLE PHASE PtAl2 COATING
LIU Quan, YANG Yingfei, BAO Zebin(), ZHU Shenglong, WANG Fuhui
State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016
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LIU Quan, YANG Yingfei, BAO Zebin, ZHU Shenglong, WANG Fuhui. OXIDATION PROPERTY AND FAILURE MECHANISM OF A SINGLE PHASE PtAl2 COATING. Acta Metall Sin, 2014, 50(9): 1102-1108.
Pt-modified aluminide coating has attracted great attention due to its advantage of the integrated property in resisting both high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion. By the presence of Pt, the spallation trend of the grown oxide scale and the detrimental effect of S can be restrained at a very low level. Besides, Pt could promote α-Al2O3 formation and stabilize β-NiAl phase. Thus Pt-modified aluminide (Pt-Al) coating has been widely used in some crucial applications requiring reliability and extended service life. There are mainly PtAl2, β-(Ni, Pt)Al and γ/γ′-NiPtAl phases existing inside Pt-Al coating. In this work, a single phase PtAl2 coating was prepared on a Ni-based K38G superalloy through pulse-electroplating of Pt and pack aluminization under stepped heating mode. At 1100 ℃ , the isothermal oxidation behavior of the single phase PtAl2 coating was evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Cyclic oxidation test of the PtAl2 coating was performed within a vertical muffle furnace at the same temperature. The results indicate that the singular PtAl2 coating possesses quite good isothermal oxidation resistance. However, its resistance against cyclic oxidation is very poor. The cyclic stress induced by repeated heating and cooling has caused visible detachment of PtAl2 coating layer, and the spallation of PtAl2 in further would lead to a premature failure of the whole coating system. Partial spallation of PtAl2 layer, including undesirable consumption of Al inside β-NiAl nearby the spallation acts the main reason responsible for the final failure. Accordingly, it is not appropriate to apply single phase PtAl2 coating in the high temperature services involving stress and load. The degradation mechanism of the singular PtAl2 coating is investigated by discussing the stress generated from cyclic heating and cooling.
Fund: Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51301184), National Basic Research Program of China (No.2012CB625100) and High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2012AA03A512)
Fig.1 Cross-sectional morphologies of K38G superalloy deposited with Pt (a) and with successive aluminization treatment (b)
Fig.2 XRD spectra of K38G superalloy deposited with Pt and with successive aluminization treatment
Fig.3 XRD spectrum of PtAl2 coating after isothermal oxidation at 1100 ℃ for 20 h
Fig.4 Mass change of PtAl2 coating during isothermal oxidation test at 1100 ℃ for 20 h (ΔW—mass change, t—time, k—kinetics constant; the inset shows the relationship between (ΔW)2 and t)
Fig.5 Cross-sectional morphology of PtAl2 coating after isothermal oxidation test 1100 ℃ for 20 h (IDZ—interdiffusion zone; the inset shows needle-like microstructure of the Al2O3 scale)
Fig.6 Mass change curves of K38G superalloy and PtAl2 coating under cyclic oxidation test at 1100 ℃ for 200 cyc
Fig.7 Cross-sectional morphologies of K38G superalloy (a) and PtAl2 coating (b) after cyclic oxidation test at 1100 ℃ for 200 cyc
Fig.8 Microstructure of PtAl2 coating after cyclic oxidation test at 1100 ℃ for 200 cyc (a) and the corresponding EDS line scanning result (b)
Fig.9 Schematic drawings for the spallation of PtAl2 coating during the cyclical heating and cooling (The arrows denote the forces undertaken by PtAl2 layer)
(a) as-received (b) heated
(c) cooled (d) after many cycles
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