Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Microstructure of Nanostructured Zirconia Coating and Its Thermal Shock Resistance

LIANG Bo, DING Chuan-Xian   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2004-11-19 Revised:2005-02-25 Published:2006-01-20 Online:2006-01-20

Abstract: The nanostructured and conventional zirconia coatings were fabricated by an atmosphere plasma spraying technique. The microstructure of the as-sprayed zirconia
coatings was analyzed. The results show that the nanostructured zirconia coating is a typical lamellar structure composed of columnar grain about
100nm in diameter. In the nanostructured zirconia coating, the pore is fine and of homogeneous distribution, and there exist a large quantity of small
microcracks. The nanostructured zirconia coating possesses better thermal shock resistance than the conventional zirconia coating.

Key words: plasma spraying, nanostructured coating, zirconia, thermal shock behavior

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