The crystallographic orientation plays an important role in high-temperature oxidation of the intermetallic compound CoGa. When CoGa is exposed to air at elevated temperatures, the oxide β–Ga2O3is formed, and different scale growth rates are observed, depending on the crystallographic orientation of the CoGa grains. This dependence is a consequence of the anisotropy of the gallium diffusion rate through the β–Ga2O3scale and of a topotaxial orientation relationship occurring between β–Ga2O3and CoGa. The combination of