Barrier Properties of Cr/Ta-Coated Zr-1Nb Alloy under High-Temperature Oxidation

Autor: Maxim Sergeevich Syrtanov, Stepan Pavlovich Korneev, Egor Borisovich Kashkarov, Dmitrii Vladimirovich Sidelev, Evgeny Nikolaevich Moskvichev, Viktor Nikolaevich Kudiiarov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 14, Iss 6, p 645 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met14060645
Popis: In this paper, Cr (8 μm)/Ta (3 μm) bilayer coatings deposited on a Zr-1Nb alloy substrate were investigated and compared with a Cr-coated alloy under high-temperature steam oxidation at 1200–1400 °C. The bilayer coatings with α- and β-Ta interlayers were obtained by magnetron sputtering. The Cr/Ta-coated samples were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and optical microscopy (OM). The coating with an α-Ta interlayer can suppress the interdiffusion of chromium and zirconium more effectively up to 1330 °C in comparison with the coating having a β-Ta interlayer. The weight gain of the α-Ta-coated samples after oxidation at 1200 °C for 2000 s was 5–6 times lower than that of the Cr-coated Zr alloy samples. Oxidation at 1400 °C for 120 s showed no significant difference in the weight gain of the Cr- and Cr/Ta-coated Zr-1Nb alloy samples. It was shown that the effect of suppression of Zr-Cr interdiffusion by the barrier coating (α- and β-Ta) is only short-term.
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