Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 472, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129965
Keywords
Atmospheric plasma spraying; Silicon coating; Environmental barrier coatings; Heat treatment; Cyclic oxidation test
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Heat-treatment can reduce structural defects and oxygen penetration in silicon coatings, but it decreases the fracture toughness and leads to an increase in mass gain rate.
Silicon coatings produced by atmospheric plasma spraying are used as bond coat in environmental barrier coatings which protect silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide composites against water vapor induced corrosion at high temperatures. Silicon coatings exhibit structural defects such as interlamellar boundaries, gaps, pores and microcracks, some of which become pathways for oxygen penetration, leading to internal oxidation of the silicon coating. This study was conducted to reduce the pathways for oxygen penetration by heat-treatment under argon atmosphere and investigate the effects of heat-treatment on the structure, fracture toughness and oxidation behavior of the silicon coating. The results show that the structural defects could be reduced by a heattreatment at T = 1300 degrees C, which resulted in a lower mass gain of the coating in the initial cycle in a cyclic oxidation test. The fracture toughness of the coating was significantly decreased by the heat-treatment, which led to the formation of microcracks in the coating in the cyclic oxidation test. As a result, the heat-treated coating exhibited a higher mass gain rate than the as-sprayed coating, leading to that both coatings exhibited almost the same mass gain at the end of the cyclic oxidation test of n = 10 cycles.
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