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Effect of the Al, Cr and B elements on the mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of Nb-Si based alloys: a review

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Nb-Si based alloys are considered as a potential candidates to substitute for Ni-based super alloys. However, its poor mechanical properties and high temperature oxidation resistance greatly limit its development and application. Alloying can effectively improve the mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of Nb-Si based alloy. In this work, the effects of Al, Cr, B elements addition on the mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of niobium-silicon ternary alloys are summarized. The microstructure, oxidation behavior and mechanical properties of various alloys were analyzed and compared. Moreover, the fracture and oxidation failure mechanism of the alloys are also summarized. Finally, the development trend of ternary Nb-Si based oxidation-resistant alloys in the future has been prospected.

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This work was supported by the Anhui Province Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (2108085Y19) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51604049).

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  1. School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, 243002, Anhui Province, China

    Fuqiang Shen, Laihao Yu, Tao Fu, Yingyi Zhang, Kunkun Cui & Jie Wang

  2. Beijing Metallurgical Equipment Research Design Institute Co. Ltd, Beijing, 100029, China

    Hong Wang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

    Shahid Hussain

  4. The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

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The manuscript was written through the contributions of all authors. YYZ: Conceptualization, investigation, and supervision. YYZ and FQS: Writing original draft and image processing. FQS, LHY, KKC, and HW: Validation, resources, investigation, writing—review and editing. JW, SH and NA: Visualization, writing—review and editing. All authors have approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Shen, F., Yu, L., Fu, T. et al. Effect of the Al, Cr and B elements on the mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of Nb-Si based alloys: a review. Appl. Phys. A 127, 852 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05013-7

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