Improvement in the Oxidation Resistance of 1Cr18Ni9Ti by a Micro-crystalline MA956 ODS Alloy Coating

A micro-crystalline MA956 ODS alloy coating of about 50mm thick was developed on the 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel by means of a high-frequency electro-spark deposition technique. The coating has a very fine grain size of about 100 nm and excellent metallurgical bonding with the substrate. Isothermal oxidation in air at 1000℃ for 100 h shows that the micro-crystalline MA956 ODS alloy coating on 1Cr18Ni9Ti promoted the selective oxidation of Cr and also improved the scale spallation resistance dramatically, thus increased the oxidation resistance of 1Cr18Ni9Ti greatly.