Abstract

The thermally grown oxide formed on the bond coat surface plays an important role in determining the lifetime of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The splashed particles on the thermally sprayed MCrAlY bond coat surface are weakly bonded to the underlying bulk coating, leading to the formation of mixed oxides and contributing to the TBC failure. In this study, the healing behavior of the weakly bonded interface between splashed particles and underlying MCrAlY bulk coating deposited by low pressure plasma spraying was examined, and the influence of interface healing on the isothermal oxidation behavior of the bond coat was discussed. Results show that the granular particles resulting from splashing of molten droplets were exposed on smooth splats which make up the surface of bulk coating. After the pre-diffusion treatment in vacuum, the small granular splashed particles are immersed into the bulk coating resulting from the element diffusion on the interface between splashed particles and underlying bulk coating. After the vacuum heat treatment, the formation of mixed oxides was effectively restrained due to the healing of the splashed particle/underlying bulk coating interface.

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