THERMAL BARRIER COATING BY ELECTRON BEAM-PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF ZIRCONIA CO-DOPED WITH YTTRIA AND NIOBIA. doi: 10.5028/jatm.2010.02026910

Authors

  • Daniel Soares de Almeida Institute of Aeronautics and Space São José dos Campos – Brazil
  • Carlos Alberto Alves Cairo Institute of Aeronautics and Space São José dos Campos – Brazil
  • Cosme Roberto M. Silva University of Brasília Brasília – Brazil
  • Maria do Carmo A. Nono National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos – Brazil

Keywords:

TBC, EB-PVD, Zirconia, Niobia, Thermal conductivity.

Abstract

The most usual ceramic material for coating turbine blades is yttria doped zirconia. Addition of niobia, as a co-dopant in the Y2O3-ZrO2 system, can reduce the thermal conductivity and improve mechanical properties of the coating. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the influence of the addition of niobia on the microstructure and thermal properties of the ceramic coatings. SEM on coatings fractured cross-section shows a columnar structure and the results of XRD show only zirconia tetragonal phase in the ceramic coating for the chemical composition range studied. As the difference NbO2,5-YO1,5 mol percent increases, the tetragonality increases. A significant reduction of the thermal conductivity, measured by laser flash technique in the zirconia coating co-doped with yttria and niobia when compared with zirconia-yttria coating was observed.

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Published

2011-07-29

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010): May./Aug. 2010

Section

Original Papers

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