The La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Co 0.2 Fe 0.8 O 3 (LSCF48) cathode material was used as a protective-conducting coating on an interconnect made of Crofer 22 APU ferritic steel intended for application in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) stacks. The LSCF48 coating was deposited on the surface of the steel via screen-printing followed by appropriate thermal treatment. The oxidation kinetics of the Crofer 22 APU steel-uncoated and coated with LSCF48-approximately obeys the parabolic rate law in air at 1,073 K under isothermal and cyclic oxidation conditions. The oxidation rate for uncoated steel is higher than that for coated steel. SEM-EDS and XRD investigations showed that the LSCF48 coating interacts with the steel during long-term oxidation in the afore-mentioned thermal conditions, and an intermediate multilayer interfacial zone is formed. This intermediate layer leads to lower area specific resistance in air at 1,073 K in comparison to the Crofer 22 APU steel without surface modification.
The goal of this work is to determine the effect of niobium on the kinetics and mechanism of Ti-Al oxidation in air. In order to compare the oxidation kinetics of Ti-Al and Ti-Al with the addition of niobium, isothermal oxidation was performed on Ti-48Al and Ti-46Al-8Nb (in at.%) alloys at 1073 K in synthetic air. Cyclic oxidation of Ti-46Al and Ti-46Al-8Nb alloys was carried out in laboratory air for 42 cycles (1 cycle, 24 hrs). The morphology, as well as chemical and phase composition of the oxidation products were investigated using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy combined with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). From these investigations it can be concluded that niobium addition increases the corrosion resistance of TiAl and, furthermore, improves the adherence between the metallic substrate and the oxide scale. The oxidation mechanism of Ti-46Al-8Nb was studied via secondary neutral mass spectroscopy (SNMS) after two-stage isothermal oxidation (24 hrs in 16 O 2 followed by 24 hrs in 18 O 2 ) at 1073 K. From this analysis it can be assumed that the oxidation mechanism of Ti-46Al-8Nb alloy consists of simultaneous outward titanium and aluminum diffusion and inward oxygen transport.Keywords: intermetallics, titanium aluminide, niobium, oxidationCelem pracy jest określenie wpływu dodatku niobu na kinetykę i mechanizm utleniania stopu TiAl w powietrzu. Dla porównania kinetyk utleniania stopu Ti-Al oraz stopu z dodatkiem niobu zostały przeprowadzone badania izotermicznego utleniania stopów o składach Ti-48Al i Ti-46Al-8Nb (w at.%) w powietrzu syntetycznym w 1073 K. Stopy Ti-48Al i Ti-46Al-8Nb poddano cyklicznemu utlenianiu w powietrzu laboratoryjnym w 1073 K obejmującym 42 cykle 24-godzinne. Morfologię oraz skład fazowy i chemiczny produktów utleniania badanych próbek przeprowadzono metodą dyfrakcji promieniowania rentgenowskiego (XRD) oraz skaningowej mikroskopii elektronowej (SEM) w połączeniu z metodą dyspersji energii promieniowania rentgenowskiego (EDS). Na podstawie tych badań stwierdzono, że dodatek niobu w stopie TiAl podwyższa jego odporność korozyjną a ponadto polepsza przyczepność zgorzeliny do rdzenia metalicznego. Mechanizm utleniania stopu Ti-46Al-8Nb badano metodą spektrometrii masowej rozpylonych cząstek neutralnych (SNMS) po dwuetapowym izotermicznym utlenianiu (pierwszy etap w 16 O 2 przez 24 godz., kolejny w 18 O 2 przez 24 godz.) w 1073 K. Na podstawie tej analizy postuluje się, że mechanizm utleniania stopu Ti-46Al-8Nb odbywa się w wyniku równoczesnej odrdzeniowej dyfuzji tytanu i glinu oraz dordzeniowego transportu tlenu.
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