Claims
- 1. Process for increasing the resistance of metal superalloys to oxidation and corrosion at high temperatures comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying to the surface of a nickel superalloy body a thin layer of a platinum-group metal;
- (b) heating the superalloy body to an elevated temperature to diffuse or integrate the platinum-group metal into the surface of the metal superalloy;
- (c) packing the superalloy body into a diffusion coating container filled with a diffusion powder composition containing a source of from about 1% to 15% by weight of aluminum and from about 2% to 6% by weight of chromium powder, said composition being in contact with the surface of said superalloy body into which said platinum-group metal has been diffused or integrated;
- (d) heating said diffusion powder composition in a hydrogen gas atmosphere to an elevated temperature for a sufficient period of time to diffuse both aluminum and chromium into said surfaces; and
- (e) removing said superalloy body from said diffusion coating container and heating it to the solvus temperature of the superalloy body to form a body having oxidation-resistant and corrosion-resistant ductile surfaces having a microstructure comprising an outer zone of a normally brittle aluminide of said platinum-group metal which is ductilized by the solutioning therein of beta chromium.
- 2. Process according to claim 1 in which said platinum-group metal comprises platinum.
- 3. Process according to claim 1 in which said superalloy body comprises a major amount by weight of nickel.
- 4. Process according to claim 1 in which said diffusion powder composition comprises a mixture of Co.sub.2 Al.sub.9 powder and chromium metal powder.
- 5. Process according to claim 4 in which said diffusion powder composition contains from about 1% to 15% by weight of Co.sub.2 Al.sub.9 powder and from about 2% to 6% by weight of chromium metal powder.
- 6. Process according to claim 1 in which step (a) comprises electroplating the surface of the nickel superalloy body with a layer of said platinum-group metal having a thickness up to about 10 microns.
- 7. Process according to claim 1 in which the heating in step (b) is conducted at a temperature between 1875.degree. F. and 1925.degree. F.
- 8. Process according to claim 1 in which the heating in step (d) is conducted at a temperature between 1850.degree. F. and 1950.degree. F.
- 9. Process according to claim 1 in which the heating in step (e) is conducted at a temperature between 1925.degree. F. and 2050.degree. F.
- 10. Process according to claim 1 in which the aluminide is platinum aluminide which has solutioned therein from 3% to 6% by weight of the chromium.
- 11. Process according to claim 1 in which said ductilized platinum aluminide is present within a beta phase nickel aluminide matrix.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/875,375 filed on Apr. 29, 1992, now abandoned.
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