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Sliding Wear Response of Nanostructured YSZ Suspension Plasma-Sprayed Coating

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Nanostructured yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings for applications in high-temperature environments can be deposited by suspension plasma spraying (SPS) techniques. The present research has been conducted in order to study the sliding wear response of a SPS ZrO2–8% mol. Y2O3 coating (75 μm in thickness) deposited onto a Haynes 230 substrate, using pin-on-disc tests. Some of the coated samples were subsequently heat-treated for 1 h at 300 and 600 °C. Samples characterization prior and after the wear tests was carried out by SEM, EDS, XRD and optical profilometry techniques. Instrumented indentation was employed to determine elastic modulus and hardness. The results have shown that the as-sprayed and heat-treated samples experienced severe wear (10−13 m3/Nm) and the worst wear performance corresponded to the sample heat treated at 600 °C. Such a behavior could be related to both the structural changes that took place during heat treatment and the nature and level of the residual stresses in the coatings. In general, the morphologies of the wear tracks observed by SEM have shown a smoothing of the surface, brittle fracture, smearing and grain pull-out.

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The present investigation has been carried out with the support of the Scientific and Humanistic Development Council of the Universidad Central de Venezuela (CDCH-UCV) through the Projects No AIB-08-85-39-2012 and PG-08-8645-2013. Ms. S. Kossman gratefully acknowledges the financial support through the scholarship “Stages Master “received from University of Lille 1 to carry out part of the experiments in LML UST Lille and Arts et Métiers ParisTech, MSMP, Lille, France. Professor Puchi acknowledges the financial support of the Conseil Régional Nord-Pas de Calais, France through the International Chair Program 2011.

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  1. School of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 47885, Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, 1041, Venezuela

    S. Kossman, E. S. Puchi-Cabrera, Y. Y. Santana & M. H. Staia

  2. Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille, LML, UMR 8107, UST Lille, IUT A GMP, BP 90179, 59 653, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    S. Kossman, D. Chicot, X. Decoopman & E. S. Puchi-Cabrera

  3. Arts et Métiers ParisTech, MSMP, 8, Boulevard Louis XIV, 59000, Lille Cedex, France

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  4. CEA, DAM, Le Ripault, 37260, Monts, France

    E. Meillot

  5. Venezuelan National Academy for Engineering and Habitat, Palacio de las Academias, 1723, Caracas, 1010, Venezuela

    E. S. Puchi-Cabrera & M. H. Staia

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Kossman, S., Chicot, D., Decoopman, X. et al. Sliding Wear Response of Nanostructured YSZ Suspension Plasma-Sprayed Coating. J Therm Spray Tech 23, 1350–1361 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-014-0146-6

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