IP Library Granted Patent US 7,666,515
Granted Patent B2
US 7,666,515 · App. 11/094,351 · Granted Feb 23, 2010

Turbine component other than airfoil having ceramic corrosion resistant coating and methods for making same

Assignee: General Electric Company
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Patent No.
US 7,666,515
App. No.
11/094,351
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article comprising a turbine component other than an airfoil having a metal substrate and a ceramic corrosion resistant coating overlaying the metal substrate. This coating has a thickness up to about one micrometer and consists of a ceramic composition that comprises a ceramic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconia, hafnia and mixtures thereof. This coating can be formed by alternative methods to have different microstructures, including a dense matrix or a strain-tolerant columnar grain structure.

Claims (14)

1. An article comprising a turbine component other than a turbine airfoil, the article having a metal substrate with an outer surface and a single-layer ceramic corrosion resistant coating on and contacting the outer surface of the metal substrate and having a surface that defines an external surface of the turbine component, wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating has a total thickness between the outer surface of the metal substrate and the external surface defined by the coating of up to 25 micrometers and the ceramic corrosion resistant coating consists of a ceramic composition that comprises a ceramic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconia, hafnia and mixtures thereof.

2. The article of claim 1 wherein the turbine component is a compressor or turbine disk.

3. The article of claim 1 wherein the turbine component is a compressor or turbine seal element.

4. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic composition comprises from about 60 to about 98 mole % of the ceramic metal oxide and from about 2 to about 40 mole % of a stabilizer metal oxide.

5. The article of claim 4 wherein the ceramic metal oxide comprises from about 85 to 100 mole % zirconia and from 0 to about 15 mole % hafnia.

6. The article of claim 5 wherein the ceramic metal oxide comprises from about 95 to 100 mole % zirconia and from 0 to about 5 mole % hafnia.

7. The article of claim 4 wherein the stabilizer metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of yttria, calcia, scandia, magnesia, india, gadolinia, neodymia, samaria, dysprosia, erbia, ytterbia, europia, praseodymia, lanthana, tantala, and mixtures thereof.

8. The article of claim 7 wherein the ceramic composition comprises from about 94 to about 97 mole % of the ceramic metal oxide and from about 3 to about 6 mole % yttria.

9. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating is formed on a selected portion of the component.

10. The article of claim 9 wherein the component is a turbine disk having an inner generally circular hub portion and an outer generally circular diameter, and wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating is applied only to the surface of the outer diameter.

11. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating is formed by applying at least one layer of a gel on the metal substrate, and then heating all of the applied layers so that the gel is converted to the ceramic composition.

12. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating has a total thickness of about 0.2 to about 25 micrometers.

13. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating has a total thickness of about 1 to about 13 micrometers.

14. The article of claim 1 wherein the ceramic corrosion resistant coating has a strain-tolerant columnar structure throughout its thickness.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2005
From: NAGARAJ, BANGALORE ASWATHA; HAZEL, BRIAN THOMAS; PFAENDTNER, JEFFREY ALLAN
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 016093/0397 →
Continuity (1)
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