TY - JOUR A1 - Dreßler, Martin A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo T1 - Diffusion of Cr, Fe, and Ti ions from Ni-base alloy inconel-718 into a transition alumina coating N2 - Heat treating metals at high temperatures trigger diffusion processes which may lead to the formation of oxide layers. In this work the diffusion of Cr, Fe and Ti into an alumina coating applied to Inconel-718 is being investigated. Mass gain measurements, UV–vis spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy were applied in order to study the evolution of the diffusion process. It was found that mainly Cr as well as minor amounts of Fe and Ti are being incorporated into the alumina coating upon prolonged heat treatment at 700 °C. It could be shown that alumina coatings being void of Cr have the same oxidation related mass gain as uncoated samples. However, incorporation of Cr into the alumina coating decreased their mass gain below that of uncoated substrates forming a Cr oxide scale only. KW - Diffusion KW - UV–vis spectroscopy KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Alumina coatings KW - Sol-gel deposition PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.02.006 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 520 IS - 13 SP - 4344 EP - 4349 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-25830 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Zietelmann, Christina A1 - Feigl, Michael A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo T1 - Microstructural origin of time-dependent changes in alumina sol-gel-coated Inconel 718 exposed to NaCl solution N2 - Inconel 718 was spin coated twice and fourfold with a sol to obtain 200- and 400-nm-thick transition alumina films on the surface. Bare and sol–gel alumina-coated Inconel 718 samples were exposed to NaCl solution to study their corrosion behavior by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. In combination with scanning electron microscopy, it was shown that bare Inconel 718 is after initial passivation prone to pitting corrosion. For the coated Inconel 718 samples, an improvement in the protective effect of the coatings with time was observed. This observation is in contradiction to the results of other authors who observed degradation of alumina coatings exposed to NaCl solution with time. Transmission electron microscopy revealed a formation of (1) a compacted region at the coating surface as well as (2) a chromium-rich region at the interface between coating and alloy during the contact with a NaCl solution. The last one mainly contributes to the observed chronological sequence of electrochemical characteristics of the samples. KW - Alumina coatings KW - Superalloys KW - Corrosion protection KW - EIS KW - SEM KW - TEM PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-015-3668-6 SN - 0928-0707 SN - 1573-4846 VL - 75 IS - 1 SP - 6 EP - 16 PB - Kluwer Academic Publ. CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-33338 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -