Abstract
The substitution of greater than 8–10 at.% Cr for Ti in TiAl reduces the level of Al needed for protective alumina scale formation during oxidation, the “Cr effect”. To elucidate the mechanism of the Cr effect, the interaction of binary TiAl and ternary TiAlCr alloys with alumina was examined at 1000°C by hot-pressed diffusion couples. The oxidation behavior of the same alloys was also examined at 1000°C in dry oxygen. The dissolution of alumina in an alloy/alumina diffusion couple correlated with an inability of the alloy to form a protective alumina scale on exposure in dry oxygen because of internal attack. Both of these effects were associated with high oxygen permeability in the alloy. It was postulated that the Cr effect results from the Ti(Cr,Al) 2 Laves phase, which has a low oxygen permeability and is capable of alumina scale formation despite its relatively low Al content of 37–42 at.% Al.
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