Failure of the plasma-sprayed coating of lanthanum hexaluminate

X. Q. Cao*, Y. F. Zhang, J. F. Zhang, X. H. Zhong, Y. Wang, H. M. Ma, Z. H. Xu, L. M. He, F. Lu

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Abstract

Lanthanum magnesium hexaluminate (LaMgAl11O19, LMA) is an attractive material for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), and the failure of its coating was studied in this work by thermal cycling, X-ray diffraction, dilatometric measurement and thermal gravimetric-differential thermal analysis. The dilatometric measurement indicates that even though the bulk material of LMA has a higher sintering-resistance than the typical TBC material, i.e. yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), the plasma sprayed coating of LMA has two serious contractions due to the re-crystallization of LMA and phase transitions of alumina. LMA has similar thermal expansion behaviour with alumina, leading to a good thermal expansion match between LMA and the thermally grown oxide layer. On the other hand, the plate-like structure of LMA not only results in a low thermal conductivity, low Young's modulus, but also a high stress tolerance, and these are believed to be the reasons for the long thermal cycling life of LMA coating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1979-1986
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume28
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Lanthanum magnesium hexaluminate
  • Phase stability
  • Plasma spraying
  • Thermal barrier coatings

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