NbAl
3 is expected as high temperature material. Industrial NbAl
3 alloy is sure to contain the Nb
2Al phase, which is severely oxidized, because NbAl
3 has very narrow range of the homogeneity. Practical application of this alloy needs to improve the oxidation resistance of two-phase intermetallic alloy of Nb
2Al-NbAl
3. Six Nb
2Al-NbAl
3 alloys with 47∼74 mol%Al and identical activity of Al were prepared by arc-melting. The microstructures of these alloys were observed. Isothermal oxidation of them were carried out at 1473 K under Ar+O
2(20%) atmosphere.
Four alloys with the composition between NbAl
3 and eutectic point have the microstructures of NbAl
3 and the eutectic structure, and the others with the composition between eutectic point and Nb
2Al have the microstructures of the eutectic structure and Nb
2Al. The sample with the higher content of Al exhibits the less areal fraction of Nb
2Al. Six alloys show linear oxidation behavior, because the spallation of NbAlO
4 occurs on Nb
2Al and the eutectic structure from the early stage of oxidation. They had different oxidation rates, and the sample with the higher content of Al exhibits the less oxidation rate. Because Al
2O
3 is formed on NbAl
3 and NbAlO
4 is formed on Nb
2Al in spite of identical activity of Al at the early stage of oxidation, and the mass gain of Nb
2Al is much larger than that of NbAl
3, the linear rate constant for the overall oxidation rate is proportional to the areal fraction of Nb
2Al, the oxidation behavior of Nb
2Al and NbAl
3 is independent.
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