Abstract
Abstract Ceramic coatings are applied in mechanical components subject to high temperature conditions, normally are deposited by plasma thermal spraying process. In this work, the porosity of YSZ ceramic coatings, deposited with different parameters conditions were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy using back-scatter electron (SEM-BSE) detector and ultrasonic technique. It was verified that porosity measurement by optical and scanning electron microscopy is very sensitive with respect to metallographic preparation, mainly cutting process, and gray level adjustment. SEM-BSE technique showed less scatter results with easier porosity visualization, compared with optical microscopy. The porosity of the coatings was also measured by ultrasonic technique. It was observed that the ultrasonic velocity increase with porosity reduction. Ultrasound technique showed a good correlation with OM and SEM porosity measurement.
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