Oxidation of borides and carbides with yttrium oxide and tantalum additions
Abstract
The study presented here describes an investigation of an oxidation scale of a fully-sintered Y2O3-ZrB2-TiC composite exposed in air at 1173K. Upon oxidation of the boride/carbide, a ZrO 2-TiO2 was expected to form similar to the ZrO2-SiO 2 dual scale of an oxidized ZrB2-SiC. The 47wt% Y2O 3-38wt%ZrB2-16wt%TiC composite formed a dual scale consisting primarily of an Y2O3-ZrO2-TiC inner scale with an outer scale of ZrO2-TiO2-Y2O 3. The samples oxidized with a parabolic layer growth allowing the calculation of the effective diffusion coefficient indicating that the oxidation was controlled by oxygen ingress through primarily the ZrO2-Y 2O3 phase. The oxygen potential between the inner layer and the Y2O3-ZrB2-TiC core was estimated by a thermodynamically calculated phase diagrams of TiC-ZrB2 and Ti-ZrB 2-O2. For comparison purposes, a sample composed of HfB2 - TiC - Y2O3 - Ta sample was also oxidized at a temperature of 1773K. In this case, tantalum does not seem to react with any of the borides/carbides present in the sample. In fact, it is protected by a Y2O3 scale. The rest of the sample oxidizes very similar to the ZrB 2 - TiC - Y2O3 sample; exhibiting the same oxidation mechanism.
Subject Area
Chemical engineering|Mechanical engineering|Materials science
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez Cano, Salvador Manuel, "Oxidation of borides and carbides with yttrium oxide and tantalum additions" (2012). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso. AAI1512596.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1512596