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Comparative oxidation study of un-coated and coated CMSX- 4 and CMSX-486 single crystal superalloys

Microstructural comparison of the isothermal oxidation performance of an
experimental Ni-5Cr-15Al overlay coating applied to CMSX-4 and CMSX-486 was
performed at 1100 ℃. High temperature oxidation was carried out in a box furnace for a
maximum duration of 192 hrs. Samples were periodically removed and the oxide, coating
and substrates microstructurally analyzed using SEM, EDS and XRD equipment. Uncoated
CMSX-4 and CMSX-486 were also oxidized using the same conditions in an
attempt to understand how the coating affected oxidation performance based on
microstructural changes. Results show that both CMSX-4 and CMSX-486 have
unacceptable oxidation characteristics in the un-coated condition, where CMSX-486 had
significantly better performance than CMSX-4. However, in the coated condition, both
CMSX-4 and CMSX-486 had no significant difference in oxidation performance. It was
found, in the un-coated and coated conditions, that the role of Hf in CMSX-486 played a
significant role in determining oxidation performance of the material.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:MWU.1993/16680
Date21 February 2013
CreatorsSmith, Mathew
ContributorsOjo, Olanrewaju (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) Deng, Chuang (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering), Telichev, Igor (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) Lin, Francis (Physics and Astronomy)
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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