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Pack cementation coating process is an effective approach to raise the resistance for oxidation and hot corrosion of superalloys. This research is to electroplate palladium on the superalloy IN-738LC specimen, and then to coat an aluminized or chromized layer on the superalloy IN-738LC by the pack cementation process.
There are several different pack cementation processes carried out in this study: high aluminization process, low aluminization process , chromization process, Pd-modified aluminization and Pd-modified chromization process. By the process with nickel contained in the pack and through the proper control of the process, the main composition of the surface of the coated aluminization layer is (-NiAl. As for the Pd-modified aluminization layer, the main composition of the surface is (Ni,Pd)Al. The characteristics of the aluminized coating layer is uniform, and has no voids or cracks. The coating also owns good bonding with matrix. The coating temperature of the high aluminization process is lower than that of low aluminization process due to its high aluminium activity. In aluminization process, it has more aluminum deposited on the Pd-plated aluminization process than that on the single aluminization process. Obviously Pd plating is helpful for the deposition and diffusion of aluminum in aluminization process. The main composition of the surface of the coated chromization layer is Cr. There are some voids in the interface between the coating layer and matrix.
The coating process parameters are optimized in this study to obtain a best coating layer. The high temperature chemical properties of the aluminization and chromization coatings are tested, and the results are shown as follows. (I) The superalloy IN-738LC and chromization coating layer possess good resistance of isothermal oxidation below 850(C, and four aluminization coatings possess good resistance of isothermal oxidation at 850~1100(C. The Pd-modified aluminization coating shows higher activity of aluminum than that of pure aluminization at 850~1100(C. (II) The four aluminization coating layers possess good resistance of cyclic oxidation at 900(C. But the two chromization coatings have no resistance of cyclic oxidation at 900(C. (III) The four aluminization and two chromization coatings have no resistance of hot corrosion at 900(C. The Pd plating is unable to improve the resistance of hot corrosion.
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