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Cyclic-Oxidation Resistance of Niobium-Base in situ Composites: Modeling and Experimentation

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Despite significant improvements in recent years, the oxidation resistance of niobium-base in situ composites is still inadequate for high-temperature applications because of their fast oxidation and the difficulty to form a coherent, protective-oxide layer on the Nb solid solution. Recently, several oxidation models have been proposed in the literature for treating the oxidation behavior of two-phase materials, which show features that are applicable to niobium-base in situ composites. In this article, the theoretical oxidation model proposed by Gesmundo et al. [Oxidation of Metals 39, 1977–209 (1993)] for treating independent isothermal oxidation of two-phase binary alloys has been extended to cyclic oxidation and applied to analyze existing oxidation data of niobium-base in situ composites. The critical conditions required to form a protective-oxide layer on Nb-base in situ composites is predicted via existing models proposed by Wang et al. [Oxidation of Metals 35, 317–322, 333–348 (1991)]. The analytical results are then used to identify possible means for improving the oxidation properties of the Nb-base in situ composites. Key conditions required for achieving a continuous protective oxide are predicted and compared against critical experiments performed on Nb-base in situ composites.

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Chan, K.S. Cyclic-Oxidation Resistance of Niobium-Base in situ Composites: Modeling and Experimentation. Oxidation of Metals 61, 165–194 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:OXID.0000025330.65837.d1

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