Article ID

95BEN41004

Title

Oxidation Resistant Coating for Niobium by Combining Hot Dipping in Molten Aluminum Coating and Anodic Oxidation

溶融アルミニウム浸漬被覆-陽極酸化によるニオブの耐酸化処理

Author(s)

Takeshi F. Kumon
Ryosuke O.Suzuki
Katsutoshi Ono

公門 武
鈴木 亮輔
小野 勝敏

Publication/Publisher

J. Jpn. Inst. Metals, Vol.59, No.9, (1995) pp. 967-972.

日本金属学会誌 第59巻 第9号 (1995) pp. 967-972.

Abstract

The combination of hot dipping in molten aluminum and the subsequent anodic oxidation to dense Al2O3 films was studied to prepare an oxidation-resistant coating on niobium surface. By immersing Nb into a molten Al bath, granular NbAl3 was precipitated and improved the coherency of the film to the substrate. Amorphous Al2O3 was formed by anodic oxidation of the Al layer and crystallized to corrosion resistant alpha-Al2O3 by the subsequent heat treatment. The Nb substrate after this combined treatment did not form any niobium oxides even after heating in air for 64.8ks at 1073K, and the oxygen increment in the Nb bulk was suppressed below 400 mass ppm.