Effect of superalloy substrate and bond coating on TBC lifetime

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Abstract

Several different single-crystal superalloys were coated with different bond coatings to study the effect of composition on the cyclic oxidation lifetime of an yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) top coating deposited by electron beam physical vapor deposition from a commercial source. Three different superalloys were coated with a 7μm Pt layer that was diffused into the surface prior to YSZ deposition. One of the superalloys, N5, was coated with a low activity, Pt-modified aluminide coating and Pt-diffusion coatings with 3 and 7μm of Pt. Three coatings of each type were furnace cycled to failure in 1. h. cycles at 1150°C to assess average coating lifetime. The 7μm Pt diffusion coating on N5 had an average YSZ coating lifetime >50% higher than a Pt-modified aluminide coating on N5. Without a YSZ coating, the Pt-modified aluminide coating on N5 showed the typical surface deformation during cycling, however, the deformation was greatly reduced when constrained by the YSZ coating. The 3μm Pt diffusion coating had a similar average lifetime as the Pt-modified aluminide coating but a much wider scatter. The Pt diffusion bond coating on superalloy X4 containing Ti exhibited the shortest YSZ coating lifetime, this alloy-coating combination also showed the worst alumina scale adhesion without a YSZ coating. The third generation superalloy N6 exhibited the longest coating lifetime with a 7μm Pt diffusion coating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1236-1240
Number of pages5
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume205
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 25 2010

Keywords

  • Oxidation
  • Pt aluminide coating
  • Pt diffusion coating
  • Scale adhesion
  • TBC lifetime

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