Research Article

Oxidation and Corrosion Behavior of Nanolaminated MAX-Phase Ti2AlC Film Synthesized by High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering and Annealing

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(a) The thickness of the oxide layers formed on amorphous matrix Ti-Al-C and MAX-phase Ti2AlC films after oxidation at 800°C as a function of oxidation time and (b) TGA analyses of the amorphous matrix Ti-Al-C and MAX-phase Ti2AlC films after the oxidation from RT to 1300°C at 15 K/min heating rate in the flowing Ar : N2 = 35 : 15 atmosphere on polycrystalline Al2O3 substrate.
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