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Progress in the Low Temperature Oxidation of MoSi2

WANG Gang; ZHAO Shi-Ke; JIANG Wan   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2000-11-24 Revised:2001-01-10 Published:2001-11-20 Online:2001-11-20

Abstract: The low temperature oxidation of MoSi2 was reviewed. The simultaneous oxidation of Mo and Si occurs at low temperature (<1000℃) with the
formation of MoO3 and SiO2, and this nonselective oxidation often leads to structural disintegration of MoSi2 (Pesting). Several models of the pesting
reaction were summarized as follows:(1) Grain boundary hardening mechanism; (2) Pore-and-crack oxidation mechanism; (3) Grain boundary diffusion and oxidation
mechanism. On these bases, some methods that prevent the occurrence of Pesting were proposed and elucidated, and some proposals for the low temperature
oxidation research of MoSi2 were suggested.

Key words: molybdenum disilicide, low temperature oxidation, Pesting

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