Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 266, Issue -, Pages 146-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.02.028
Keywords
Aluminide coatings; Electrospark deposition; Oxidation; Plasma; Alumina
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Iron aluminides with a protective alumina layer are considered candidate coating for test blanket modules of fusion reactor. In order to study the properties of plasma grown alumina in comparison with thermally grown alumina, oxidation studies on electro spark deposited (ESD) FeAl coating have been conducted. Glow discharge plasma oxidation has been adopted as plasma oxidation technique. Reduced activation 9Cr steel samples were coated with a coating of iron aluminide (FeAl) layer containing 45 at%, Al. The ESD coated 9Cr steels were oxidized in air and plasma environments at 750 degrees C for 48 h. Resultant surfaces were studied using X-ray diffraction, electron probe microanalysis, SEM and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. Although the presence of Al2O3 was found on both thermally oxidized and plasma oxidized samples, the EIS studies clearly revealed improved dielectric properties of plasma grown Al2O3. The plasma grown oxide thin films seems a promising approach to apply alumina coatings with improved dielectric properties onto fusion reactor materials. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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