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Journal Article | FZJ-2020-02777 |
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2019
Taylor & Francis
London [u.a.]
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/25462 doi:10.1080/21663831.2019.1572663
Abstract: We recently reported that the columnar grain width of Cr2AlC MAX phase coatings increases during oxidation (4 h at 1120°C) by 80%, while for 0.7 at.% Si additions to Cr2AlC, coarsening of only 12% was observed. Here, we use nm scale compositional and microstructural investigations to identify significant differences between Cr2AlC and Cr2Al(Si)C. In particular, needle-shaped precipitates coarsen into globular Cr3Si precipitates upon oxidation in the Si-containing MAX phase. We infer that the presence of these precipitates, which are located predominantly along grain boundaries in the MAX phase, retards coarsening during oxidation by Zener pinning.
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