High-Temperature Oxidation-Resistant Coatings on Niobium and Its Alloys

V.I.Zmii,
 
S. G.Rudenkii,
 
M.Yu.Bredikhin,
 
V.V.Kunchenko
 

Powder Metallurgy - Kiev: Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science NASU, 2008, #03/04
http://www.materials.kiev.ua/article/719

Abstract

The formation of high-temperature oxidation-resistant coatings on niobium by multi-component activated diffusion alloying in vacuum is investigated. Thermodynamic calculations of potential chemical reactions that result in anticorrosive protective coatings are performed. Comparative tests of high-temperature oxidation resistance of niobium with protective coatings are conducted at 1700 °C in open air


CHEMICAL REACTIONS, DIFFUSION, HEAT-RESISTANCE, NIOBIUM, THERMODYNAMICS