Heat-resistant RuAl-based alloys. III. Powder alloys — mechanical alloying
Refractory (Tmelt = 2100 °C), heat-resistant ruthenium monoaluminide RuAl, lighter (ρ = 7.97 g/cm3) than Ni superalloys, is considered as a promising candidate material for operation at high temperatures and relatively low loads in high-speed gas oxidizing flows at temperatures higher not only operating temperatures, but also the melting temperatures of both nickel superalloys and nickel and titanium aluminides. RuAl is also an ideal candidate for potential protective coatings. In the first part of the article, RuAl-based cast alloys were considered. In the second part of the article, the possibilities of obtaining alloys based on RuAl directly from the initial powders of ruthenium and aluminum are considered by combining the temperature-time regimes of reaction alloy formation (RA), the sequence and intensity of pressure application during RA. The third part of the article is devoted to studying the possibilities of using powders doped with RuAl (NiAl, TiAl) of a given composition, obtained by mechanical alloying, as a starting material.