本研究採用5Cr-0.5Mo鋼經熱浸鋁-10wt.%矽後,於750℃空氣氣氛下進行擴散。藉由電子背向繞射(Electron Backscatter Diffraction, EBSD)技術,分析由Fe-Cr與Al-Si合金所形成之鋁化層,以了解鋁化層受高溫所引發之相變化。研究結果顯示,熱浸後之鋁化層,由外層鋁矽塗層、散布τ(下標 5(C))-Al7(Fe, Cr)2Si顆粒、針狀τ6-Al4FeSi及τ4-Al4FeSi2與連續τ(下標 5(H))-Al7Fe2Si所組成。隨高溫擴散時間之延長,可在連續τ(下標 5(H))-Al7Fe2Si與基材間形成FeAl3與Fe2Al5,並在Fe2Al5相中析出τ1-(Al, Si)5Fe3相。當擴散進行到60分鐘,Fe-Al介金屬層的成長將逐漸取代外側之Fe-Al-Si介金屬相。當鋁矽塗層消耗完,鋁化層由Fe2Al5相與析出之τ1-(Al, Si)5Fe3相所組成。經過10小時擴散,FeAl相除了在Fe2Al5與基材界面處生成,也將由τ1-(Al, Si)5Fe3轉變爲FeAl相。經長時間擴散後,鋁化層由FeAl2與FeAl相所組成。
A 5Cr-0.5Mo steel was coated by hot-dipping into a molten bath containing Al-10 wt.% Si. The phase transformation in the aluminide layer during a diffusion treatment at 750℃ in static air was analyzed by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The results showed that the aluminide layer of the as-coated specimen consisted of an outer Al-Si topcoat, dispersive τ(subscript 5(C))-Al7(Fe, Cr)2Si, needle-shaped τ6-Al4FeSi and τ4-Al4FeSi2, and a continuous τ(subscript 5(H))-Al7Fe2Si layer. The formation of FeAl3 and Fe2Al5 with τ1-(Al, Si)5Fe3 precipitates could be observed with increasing exposure times at 750℃. After a 60 min of exposure, the growth of an Fe-Al intermetallic layer gradually replaced the outer Fe-Al-Si intermetallic layer. The Aluminide layer consisted of Fe2Al5 and τ1- (Al, Si) 5Fe3 precipitates as the Al-Si topcoat was consumed. The FeAl phase not only formed at the interface between Fe2Al5 and the steel substrate but was also transformed from τ1-(Al, Si)5Fe3 after a diffusion treatment for 10 h. After a prolonged exposure, the aluminide layer comprised only FeAl2 and FeAl.