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

Figure 9

SEM images and line-scan EDX analyses of the MAX-phase Ti₂AlC films after isothermal oxidation at 800°C at various time on polycrystalline Al₂O₃ substrate: (a, e, i) 1 h, (b, f, j) 5 h, (c, g, k) 30 h, and (d, h, l) 50 h.

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