由磁控溅射技术沉积Nb-Cr、Nb-Cr-Al和Al/Nb-Cr 3种涂层,对涂层的微观结构和初期抗氧化性进行研究。结果表明:Nb-Cr涂层呈柱状结构,含Cr 2 Nb相;Nb-Cr-Al涂层为含非晶组织的柱状结构;Al/Nb-Cr复合涂层的内层保留了Nb-Cr的柱状结构,外层无明显特征,涂层包含面心立方(FCC) Al、Cr 2 Nb和NbAl 3等相。在1200℃氧化60 min后,3种涂层显示出不同的氧化增质方式及生成了性质各异的氧化产物:Nb-Cr涂层呈抛物线方式增质,表面产物为Cr 2 O 3和CrNbO 4多孔混合氧化物;Nb-Cr-Al涂层表现出近线性的氧化增质,表面生成以Cr 2 O 3和CrNbO 4为外层、Al 2 O 3为内层的复合氧化物层,氧化膜中有裂纹和脱落,涂层主体呈多孔结构;Al/Nb-Cr复合涂层氧化增质轻微,表面膜以Al 2 O 3为主、连续且致密,涂层中保持高Cr含量,Al/Nb-Cr涂层有较强的抗氧化能力。
Nb-Cr, Nb-Cr-Al and Al/Nb-Cr coatings were deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering and the microstructures and initial oxidation resistance of the three coatings were studied. The results show that the as-deposited Nb-Cr coating is composed of Cr 2 Nb phase and exhibits columnar structure. The Nb-Cr-Al coating is columnar with amorphous phases. The structure of Al/Nb-Cr duplex coatings is a combination of columnar structure in the Nb-Cr and featureless in the Al overlayer. The main phases in the Al/Nb-Cr duplex coatings include FCC Al, Cr2Nb and NbAl3. During thermal exposure at 1 200 ℃ in air for 60 min, the Nb-Cr coating exhibits a parabolic mass gain vs time and the mixture of Cr2O3 and CrNbO4 is formed on the surface. The Nb-Cr-Al coating presents a linear increase in mass gain and the oxidation products are Cr2O3and CrNbO4 on the surface and Al2O3 in the sub-layer. The mass gain is slight and the Cr content remains high in the Al/Nb-Cr coating after exposure. Continuous, dense and mainly Al2O3 scales are formed on the surface. It can be concluded that the Al/Nb-Cr coating possesses strong high temperature oxidation resistance.