Non-Destructive Characterisation of Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Impedance Spectroscopy

2000 ◽  
Vol 645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfa Mei ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Ping Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Impedance Spectroscopy ◽  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Thermal Treatments ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Clear Change ◽  
Composition Changes

ABSTRACTImpedance spectroscopy (IS) has been used to characterise the degradation of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) due to thermal treatments at 1100°C for a period up to 200 hrs. The growth of the oxide layer at the yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ)/bond coat interface in TBCs can be examined by measuring the impedance diagrams. From the analysis of the impedance diagrams of TBCs, the electrical properties of YSZ were found to be nearly constant during the thermal treatments, indicating there was little change in the microstructure and composition of YSZ. However, there was a clear change in the electrical properties of the oxide layer in the TBCs after thermal treatments, suggesting both microstructural and composition changes occurred in the oxide layer. These studies indicate that the IS is a very useful method in non-destructive characterisation of the degradation of TBCs.

NONDESTRUCTIVE IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY EVALUATION OF THE BOND COAT OXIDATION IN THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (05) ◽  
pp. 935-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. YANG ◽  
Y. C. ZHOU ◽  
W. G. MAO ◽  
Q. X. LIU
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Spectroscopy ◽  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coat ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Model ◽  
Isothermal Oxidation ◽  
Thermally Grown Oxide ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

In this paper, the impedance spectroscopy technique was employed to examine nondestructively the isothermal oxidation of air plasma sprayed (APS) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) in air at 800°C. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were also used to characterize the microstructure evolution of TBCs. After oxidation, the thermally grown oxide (TGO), which was mainly composed of alumina as confirmed by EDX, formed at the upper ceramic coat/bond coat interface, the lower bond coat/substrate interface, and the bond coat. Impedance diagrams obtained from impedance measurements at room temperature were analyzed according to the equivalent circuit model proposed for the TBCs. Various observed electrical responses relating to the growth of oxides and the sintering of YSZ were explained by simulating the impedance spectra of the TBCs.

Bond coating issues in thermal barrier coatings for industrial gas turbines

2005 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. G. Wright ◽  
B. A. Pint
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Metallic Surface ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Protective Oxide ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coating ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Thermal barrier coatings are intended to work in conjunction with internal cooling schemes to reduce the metal temperature of critical hot gas path components in gas turbine engines. The thermal resistance is typically provided by a 100-250 μm thick layer of ceramic (most usually zirconia stabilized with an addition of 7–8 wt% of yttria), and this is deposited on to an approximately 50 μ thick, metallic bond coating that is intended to anchor the ceramic to the metallic surface, to provide some degree of mechanical compliance, and to act as a reservoir of protective scale-forming elements (Al) to protect the underlying superalloy from high-temperature corrosion. A feature of importance to the durability of thermal barrier coatings is the early establishment of a continuous, protective oxide layer (preferably α-alumina) at the bond coating—ceramic interface. Because zirconia is permeable to oxygen, this oxide layer continues to grow during service. Some superalloys are inherently resistant to high-temperature oxidation, so a separate bond coating may not be needed in those cases. Thermal barrier coatings have been in service in aeroengines for a number of years, and the use of this technology for increasing the durability and/or efficiency of industrial gas turbines is currently of significant interest. The data presented were taken from an investigation of routes to optimize bond coating performance, and the focus of the paper is on the influences of reactive elements and Pt on the oxidation behaviour of NiAl-based alloys determined in studies using cast versions of bond coating compositions.

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