Modeling the Oxidation Kinetics of Ti-6Al-4 V Spherical Powder at High Temperatures
摘要
The aim of the present work is to establish a kinetic law for the oxidation of Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64) spherical powder at high temperatures miming the possible oxidation of such powder within a laser powder bed fusion process. The oxidation experiments were followed by isothermal and isobaric thermogravimetry between 700 and 750 °C, under a controlled partial pressure of O2 in the range of 0.1 to 0.75 atm. Beside the duplex structure of the oxide layers formed, namely an inner layer composed mainly of TiO2 and an outer one composed of Al2O3, it was found that the oxidation rate is limited by one rate-determining step occurring in a single reaction zone: the Al2O3 layer. The study of how the growth rate varies with the partial pressure of O2 highlighted that the rate-determining step is the diffusion of interstitial oxygen as a dumbbell in this Al2O3 layer. Based on physico-geometrical description of the reaction, a complete reaction rate equation is then proposed by taking into account the spherical geometry and the dimensions of the Ti64 particles as well as a dependence of the reaction rate with temperature and partial pressure of O2. The rate law is very satisfactorily confronted to the experimental data.