Abstract
There is currently no method whereby material properties of thermal spray coatings may be predicted from fundamental processing inputs such as temperature-velocity correlations. The first step in such an important understanding would involve establishing a foundation that consolidates the thermal spray literature so that known relationships could be documented and any trends identified. This paper presents a method to classify and reorder thermal spray data so that relationships and correlations between competing processes and materials can be identified. Extensive data mining of published experimental work was performed to create thermal spray property-performance maps, known as “TS maps” in this work. Six TS maps will be presented. The maps are based on coating characteristics of major importance; i.e., porosity, microhardness, adhesion strength, and the elastic modulus of thermal spray coatings.
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Abbreviations
- APS:
-
Atmospheric plasma spray
- ASTM:
-
American Society for Testing and Materials
- CAPS:
-
Controlled atmosphere plasma spray
- CS:
-
Cold spray
- D-Gun® :
-
Detonation gun spray
- FS:
-
Flame spray
- HA:
-
Hydroxapapite
- HRC:
-
Rockwell hardness C-scale
- HVOF:
-
High-velocity oxygen fuel spray
- HVSFS:
-
High-velocity suspension flame spray
- LPPS:
-
Low pressure plasma spray
- PTWA:
-
Plasma-transferred wire arc spray
- RF:
-
Radio frequency
- SOD:
-
Standoff distance
- SPS:
-
Suspension plasma spray
- SPPS:
-
Solution precursor plasma spray
- TAT:
-
Tensile adhesion test
- TBC:
-
Thermal barrier coating
- TS:
-
Thermal spray
- TV:
-
Flame temperature and particle velocity
- TWA:
-
Twin Wire Arc
- VPS:
-
Vacuum plasma spray
- WC:
-
Tungsten monocarbide
- WC-Co:
-
Tungsten carbide-cobalt
- WSP:
-
Water-stabilized plasma spray
- YSZ:
-
Yttria-stabilized zirconia
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This work was supported under a Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award. We also acknowledge support from the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC).
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Ang, A.S.M., Sanpo, N., Sesso, M.L. et al. Thermal Spray Maps: Material Genomics of Processing Technologies. J Therm Spray Tech 22, 1170–1183 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-013-9970-3
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