Abstract
In this paper the effect of alloying elements on the environmental embrittlement of Ll2 type intermetallics is summarized. The results show that the ductilizing effect of boron doping in Ni3Al is mainly to suppress the moisture-induced environmental embrittlement. The mechanism of this suppression effect is proved to be related to its severely reducing the hydrogen diffusivity along the grain boundaries. However, the boron doping in Co3Ti alloys does not have the same effect of suppressing the environmental embrittlement. The different behavior of boron doping in Ni3Al and Co3Ti may be attributed to its different segregation behavior on the grain boundaries. Boron in Co3Ti does not segregate on the grain boundaries and can not effectively reduce the hydrogen diffusivity along the grain boundaries. The moisture-induced environmental embrittlement of Co3Ti alloy can be completely suppressed by the addition of Fe. It is proved by Auger that this suppression effect is due to its obvious reduction of the kinetics of the surface reaction with water vapor.
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