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In Situ Visualization of Impacting Phenomena of Plasma-Sprayed Zirconia: From Single Splat to Coating Formation

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The authors have developed an in situ monitoring system for particle impacts under atmospheric dc plasma spraying conditions. This system utilized a high-speed video camera coupled with a long-distance microscope, and was capable of capturing the particle-impinging phenomena at one million frames per second. To understand the coating formation mechanism, two approaches were attempted, i.e., observation of the single splat formation and the subsequent coating formation. In the former case, the deformation and cooling processes of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) droplets impinging on substrates were successfully captured. In the latter case, multiple-droplet-impacting phenomena were observed as an ensemble treatment. Representing the coating process, the tower formation (0-dimensional) and bead formation (1-dimensional) were observed under typical plasma spray conditions for thermal barrier coatings using a triggering system coupled with the motion of a robot. The obtained images clearly showed the coating formation resulting from the integration of single splats.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. Takehar-Goji Etoh (Kinki University) for his useful discussions. We also thank Mr. Masayuki Komatsu and Mr. Nobukazu Kakeya (NIMS) for help with the experiments.

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  1. Coating Materials Group, Composites and Coatings Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan

    Kentaro Shinoda, Hideyuki Murakami & Seiji Kuroda

  2. School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan

    Kohsei Takehara & Sachio Oki

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This article is an invited paper selected from presentations at the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference and has been expanded from the original presentation. It is simultaneously published in Thermal Spray Crossing Borders, Proceedings of the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 2-4, 2008, Basil R. Marple, Margaret M. Hyland, Yuk-Chiu Lau, Chang-Jiu Li, Rogerio S. Lima, and Ghislain Montavon, Ed., ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 2008.

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Shinoda, K., Murakami, H., Kuroda, S. et al. In Situ Visualization of Impacting Phenomena of Plasma-Sprayed Zirconia: From Single Splat to Coating Formation. J Therm Spray Tech 17, 623–630 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-008-9221-1

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