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MOLYBDENUM disilicide is of particular importance in the field of high-temperature materials, both as a structural material in its own right and as an oxidation resistant coating for molybdenum alloys. Apart from having a high melting point of 2,000° C (ref. 1) and good oxidation resistance up to 1,700° C, MoSi2 possesses high-temperature mechanical properties which make it adequate for many applications under static high-temperature oxidizing conditions2.
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TODD, G., PARRY, E. Role of Silica in the Oxidation Resistance of Molybdenum Disilicide. Nature 203, 967–969 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203967b0
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