Thermal electrochemical, and plasma oxidation of Ti-50Zr, Cu-50Zr, Cn-50Ti, and Cu-33Ti-33Zr alloys Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The three main methods for oxidation of metallic substrates, thermal, anodic and plasma have been applied to a copper, titanium, and zirconium alloy and its corresponding binaries (Cu-33Ti-33Zr, Cu-50Ti, Cu-50Zr and Ti-50Zr). Polished polycrystalline samples of these alloys were examined before treatment, after vacuum thermal annealing at 100C and heating in 20 mTorr oxygen at 100, 200, and 300C. ISS depth profiles were taken of selected samples. The "least-noble" component oxidizes first, but at high temperatures and with plasma oxidation the "noble" component segregates to the surface. A comparison of the resulting structures on the ternary and binary alloys with different oxidation methods is used to explore the physico-chemical processes during oxidation. Results from these three methods are discussed in terms of physical/ chemical parameters that influence the chemical nature and structure of the resulting oxides. The electrochemical processes that occur during the materials reaction with a chosen environment are used to discuss the physical and chemical mechanisms involved. Intrinsic (thermal and plasma oxidation) and extrinsic (electrochemical oxidation) electric fields are shown to influence the chemical and structural nature of the resulting oxide structures. The influence of transport phenomena is discussed. 2001 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

published proceedings

  • OXIDATION OF METALS

author list (cited authors)

  • Schennach, R., Promreuk, S., Naugle, D. G., & Cocke, D. L.

citation count

  • 10

complete list of authors

  • Schennach, R||Promreuk, S||Naugle, DG||Cocke, DL

publication date

  • June 2001