Deposition of silicide based protective coatings on C-103 niobium alloy with different surface microstructures

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Abstract

Surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) was applied to commercial C-103 Nb alloy at both ambient and cryogenic (77K) temperatures. After SMAT, the as-received and SMAT treated samples were processed at temperature (1200°C) for 4 hours of pack silicification. The results showed that the different thickness ratios of NbSi 2/Nb 5Si 3 layers are associated with the different surface pretreatments. X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) were used to characterize the products after the SMAT processing. For the SMAT samples, the thickness of NbSi 2 decreased while the thickness of Nb 5Si 3 increased. Copyright © 2011 MS&T'11®.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2011, MS and T'11

First Page

1078

Last Page

1085

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