Abstract:High temperature oxidation behaviors of cast K317 and K325 alloy at 900°C and 1000°C in air environment are contrastively investigated by TGA, XRD and SEM (EDS). The results show that K317 alloy has a superior oxidation resistance compared with K325 alloy. The kinetic curves of two alloys oxidized at 900°C for 100 h obey the parabolic rate law while those at 1000°C obey sectionally the parabolic rate law. The oxide structure of K317, from the top surface down to the base material, consists of NiO-TiO2-NiCr2O4 composite oxide, Cr2O3 oxide dense band and Al2O3 internal oxide. In comparison, internal oxidation is not observed in K325 alloy whose oxide layer is composed by two oxide layers: NiO-NiCr2O4-Nb2O5 composite oxide and Cr2O3 oxide layer. Serious MoO3 volatilization and oxide spallation take place in K325 alloy after the oxidation at 1000°C for 100h. In addition, the adhesion property of K325 alloy is worse than that of K317 alloy due to the occurrence of the micro-voids on the oxide layer/substrate interface.