Air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are widely used in gas turbines to
provide thermal insulation for the metallic engine components. During service, the multi …

Coatings are pivotal in combating problems of premature component degradation in
aggressive industrial environments and constitute a strategic area for continued …

Degradation of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) layers by molten CaO-MgO-Al 2 O 3-SiO 2
(CMAS)-based deposits is an important failure mode of thermal barrier coating (TBC) …

This work employed an axial suspension plasma spray (SPS) process to deposit two
different gadolinium zirconate (GZ) based triple layered thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The …

High-porosity thermal barrier coatings are utilized on gas turbine components where
maximizing the coating thermal insulation capability is the primary design criteria. Though …

Abstract La 2 Zr 2 O 7 (LZO) is widely expected to be one of the promising thermal barrier
coating materials for application in high-temperature conditions (1200° C). However, high …

Axial suspension plasma spraying (ASPS) is an advanced thermal spraying technique,
which enables the creation of specific microstructures in thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) …

Sintering neck is a featured microstructure that may have significant effect on the sintering
behaviour of air-plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating system (APS TBCs). Based on …

The catastrophic phase transformation of yttria partially stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is
considered to be the main reason that leads to the failure of YSZ based thermal barrier …

To study the inter-lamellar pores evolution under thermal exposure and how it affects the
coating properties, free standing atmospheric plasma sprayed (APS) La 2 Zr 2 O 7 (LZO) …