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Yb 2 Si 2 O 7 Environmental barrier coatings with reduced bond coat oxidation rates via chemical modifications for long life
Author(s) -
Lee Kang N.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.15978
Subject(s) - thermal barrier coating , microstructure , oxide , materials science , spallation , kinetics , chemical engineering , coating , thermal spraying , mullite , mineralogy , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , ceramic , physics , quantum mechanics , neutron , engineering
Spallation of environmental barrier coating ( EBC ) induced by thermally grown oxide ( TGO ) resulting from steam oxidation is a key EBC failure mode. A logical approach to improve EBC life, therefore, is to reduce TGO growth rates. A study was undertaken to investigate whether TGO growth rates can be reduced by adding modifier oxides. It was based on a hypothesis that modifier oxides dissolve in SiO 2 TGO and modify the SiO 2 structure, making the TGO less permeable to oxidants. Using a current state‐of‐the‐art EBC (Si/Yb 2 Si 2 O 7 ) as the baseline, the Yb 2 Si 2 O 7 layer was modified by adding Al 2 O 3 or Al 2 O 3 ‐containing oxide compounds, such as mullite and YAG (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 ), and TiO 2 . EBC s were processed using air plasma spraying. Steam oxidation tests and post‐oxidation test oxidation kinetics, chemistry, microstructure, and phase analysis were used to test the hypothesis. The best modified EBC reduced the TGO thickness by ~87% compared with that of the baseline EBC in 90% H 2 O + 10% O 2 at 1316°C under thermal cycling. Correlations between oxidation kinetics, chemistry, and microstructure of EBC and TGO were used to explain the effect of modifier oxides on reducing TGO growth rates.