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Novel protection solutions against environmental attack for light weight high temperature materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2013

Alexander Donchev  and
Michael Schütze
Alexander Donchev
Affiliation:
DECHEMA‐Forschungsinstitut, Frankfurt am Main/Germany
Michael Schütze
Affiliation:
DECHEMA‐Forschungsinstitut, Frankfurt am Main/Germany
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Abstract

The use of light weight structural materials such as titanium in transport systems like aero planes leads to a significant reduction in fuel consumption. However, titanium and its alloys cannot be used at elevated temperatures above 500°C for several reasons. Today aero engine compressors are made of a mixture of light Ti- and heavy Ni-alloys. The improvement of Ti-alloys to withstand the conditions in the high pressure compressor i.e. temperatures above 500°C would enable the manufacturing of a compressor from titanium as a whole with all its associated benefits. Intermetallic TiAl-alloys are another class of light weight materials for several high temperature applications. The use of TiAl as low pressure turbine (LPT) blades in the last sections of a large jet engine could save up to 150 kg of weight. In the last sections of the LPT the temperature is quite moderate (max. 650°C). The improvement of the high temperature capability of TiAl would allow its use in hotter sections of the engine with additional weight reduction. Similarly, the response performance of TiAl-turbocharger rotors in automotive engines would be much faster compared to the heavy Ni-based alloys used today. Furthermore higher rotation speeds are possible. Due to the novel so called fluorine effect the oxidation mechanism of TiAl can be altered. Fluorine-treated TiAl-components are protected by an alumina layer formed during high temperature exposure in oxidizing environments. This effect can be transferred to Ti-base materials if they are enriched with aluminum in a thin surface zone. The concepts and the results of high temperature exposure experiments of treated Ti- and TiAl-specimens are presented in this paper. They are discussed in the view of a use for real components.

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oxidationTiembrittlement
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1492: Symposium D/G – Materials for Sustainable Development—Challenges and Opportunities , 2013 , pp. 155 - 160
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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