High Temperature Cyclic Oxidation of Coatings on Ni-Based Superalloys
The cyclic oxidation behavior of diffusion protective Al and SiAl coatings used on Ni-superalloy namely MAR-M247 at 1100°C for 38 cycles in the air under cyclic heating and cooling conditions has been investigated in the present work. Cyclic oxidation test was carried out in laboratories of Silesian University of Technology in Katowice, Poland. Cylindrical samples were casted from mentioned alloy in factory PBS Velká Bíteš, a.s., Czech Republic. The oxidation kinetics of coated and uncoated superalloys was analyzed by thermo-gravimetric technique. It was observed that all the coated and bare superalloys obey a parabolic rate law of oxidation. SEM/EDX techniques were used to analyses the oxidation products of all samples. MAR-M247 with Al coating showed good oxidation resistance due to the formation of a compact and adhesive thin Al2O3 scale on the surface of the coating during oxidation. SiAl coating showed equally good oxidation resistance. The oxidation progress of uncoated alloy MAR-M247 was very fast.