A. Chien et al., MICROSTRUCTURES OF 2-STAGE ALUMINIZED COATINGS ON INCONEL-600, Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 206(2), 1996, pp. 215-224
Two-stage aluminized coatings on a nickel-base alloy, Inconel 600, are
prepared by aluminizing at 850 degrees C and then annealing at 1050 d
egrees C. In the first-stage coating, a planar layer of sigma phase fo
rms between the gamma substrate and the nickel-rich beta-NiAl the coat
ing matrix near the interface. Being chromium-, iron-, and nickel-rich
but aluminum-poor, the a phase layer can act as a diffusion barrier f
or aluminizing, and the diffusion of aluminum can proceed across the a
phase only through the grain boundaries. In the second-stage coating
the interfacial sigma phase breaks down into a zone containing a beta
phase and Cr23C6 carbide. An amorphous phase with CrC carbide is forme
d near the interface in both stages. Chromium aluminides are found to
precipitate in alpha-Cr in both stage coatings and in beta-NiAl in the
second-stage coating. In the first-stage coating, fine Cr5Al8 particl
es precipitate in alpha-Cr particles and the crystallographic relation
ship between them is [001](Cr5Cl8)parallel to[001](alpha-Cr) and [110]
(Cr5Al8)parallel to[110](alpha-Cr). In the second-stage coating, Cr2Al
precipitates in alpha-Cr particles and bears an orientation relations
hip of [010](Cr2Al8)parallel to[010](alpha-Cr) and [001](Cr2Al)paralle
l to[001](alpha-Cr). Cr2Al also precipitates in the beta-NiAl matrix w
ith an orientation relationship of [010](Cr2Al)parallel to[010](NiAl)
and [001](Cr2Al)parallel to[001](NiAl).