| γ-titanium aluminide is a promising structural material for use in automotive and aircraft applications due to its low density and creep and a relatively high strength even at the temperature as high as 1200K, however its resistance to gas corrosion at high temperatures still needs to be improved. It has been proved in the work by means of SEM, EDS, EBSD, X‑Ray and microthermogravimetric analyses at 1173K that a great improvement of this resistance has been achieved due to Ag or Cr or Nb or Mo or Si or Ta microalloyed γ-TiAl based magnetron sputtered nanocrystalline coatings. |
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