The effect of laser surface treatment on the resistance of high-temperature oxidation of TiAl intermetallic compound was studied using 500W CO
2 gas laser equipment. The diameter of the laser spot was about 100μm and scanning was 95mm·s
-1. Laser surface treatment formed a layer solidified by rapid quenching on the TiAl surface. The oxidation of TiAl at 1273 K in a pure O
2 atmosphere, which followed the parabolic rate law, was reduced to less than half by laser surface treatment. Scale formed on the laser surface-treated TiAl after the oxidation experiment was thinner than that formed on nontreated TiAl and contained a continuous, dense Al
2O
3 layer. No such continuous Al
2O
3 layer was observed for scale formed on nontreated TiAl, indicating that, for laser surface-treated TiAl, the continuous Al
2O
3 layer in the scale acted as a diffusion species barrier, inhibiting scale growth.
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