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Structural and Phase Transformations in Plasma-Spray ZrB2–SiC–AlN Coatings on a C/C–SiC Substrate After High-Temperature Thermal Cyclic Heating

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The composition and structure of a plasma-spray coating produced from a 60ZrB2 + 20SiC + 20AlN (wt.%) composite powder on a C/C–SiC substrate were examined. The coating 320–370 μm thick is characterized by a heterophase structure, has no pores or cracks, and densely adheres to the substrate. The coating phase composition corresponds to that of the starting powder. A coated sample was oxidized in a supersonic oxygen–propane/butane flow at ~2000°C in thermal cyclic mode (2 min heating, 10 min cooling, 15 cycles). The oxidation rate was <7 μm/min. The main coating phases in the near-surface layers were zirconium dioxide m-ZrO2 and a mullite Al2SiO5 solid solution. Cross-sectional microstructural and elemental chemical analyses of the starting and oxidized coatings established the high-temperature oxidation mechanism. An Al2SiO5-based layer with inclusions of spheroidal m-ZrO2 grains 1–2 μm in size was found to form. Thin SiO2-based amorphous films in the SiO2–Al2O3 system developed on the layer surface. The results testify that the coating is resistant to high-temperature oxidation to ≤2000°C.

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The authors are grateful to Professor Yu.S. Borisov for depositing coatings.

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  1. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

    O.N. Grigoriev, I. A. Podchernyaeva, D. V. Yurechko, M. A. Vasilkovskaya & V. M. Panashenko

  2. National Aviation University of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Translated from Poroshkova Metallurgiya, Vol. 58, Nos. 5–6 (527), pp. 120–130, 2019.

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Grigoriev, O., Podchernyaeva, I.A., Yurechko, D.V. et al. Structural and Phase Transformations in Plasma-Spray ZrB2–SiC–AlN Coatings on a C/C–SiC Substrate After High-Temperature Thermal Cyclic Heating. Powder Metall Met Ceram 58, 341–350 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11106-019-00084-x

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