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Mechanical Stability Limits Of Bi-Layer Thermal Barrier Coatings, Mario Rudolphi, Mathias Galetz, Michael Schutze, Martin Frommherz, Alfred Scholz, Mathias Oechsner, Emine Bakan, Robert Vassen, Werner Stamn

Thermal Barrier Coatings IV

Thermal barrier coatings based on yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) have reached a state in development, where a further increase in lifetime and/or maximum operating temperature has become more and more difficult. Nevertheless, the demand for even higher operating temperatures is persisting, and it is pushing the YSZ-based thermal barrier coatings to and beyond their limit. Especially phase instabilities of YSZ at temperatures above 1200°C lead to a fast deterioration of the ceramic top coating. Consequently, the search for new materials with low thermal conductivity, relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion and phase stability at temperatures well above 1200°C was started, …