This paper describes the structure and properties of an innovative Fe-Al-Si alloy with a reduced amount of silicon (5 wt. %) in order to avoid excessive brittleness. The alloy was produced by a combination of mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Nickel and titanium were independently tested as the alloying elements for this alloy. It was found that wear resistance, which reached values comparable with tool steels, could be further improved by the addition of nickel. Nickel also improved the high-temperature oxidation behavior, because it lowers the liability of the oxide layers to spallation. Both nickel and titanium increased the hardness of the alloy. Titanium negatively influenced oxidation behavior and wear resistance because of the presence of titanium dioxide in the oxide layer and the brittle silicides that caused chipping wear, respectively.

Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering University of Chemistry and Technology Technická 5 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic

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