IP Library Granted Patent US 7,927,714
Granted Patent B2
US 7,927,714 · App. 12/194,813 · Granted Apr 19, 2011

Barium-doped bond coat for thermal barrier coatings

Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
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Patent No.
US 7,927,714
App. No.
12/194,813
Granted
Apr 19, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A metallic article for high temperature applications such as a turbine engine component is protected by a thermal barrier coating system on the article's metallic substrate. The thermal barrier coating system includes a bond coat layer of aluminum containing alloy on the metal substrate, an alumina layer on the bond coat layer and a ceramic thermal barrier layer on the alumina layer. The bond coat layer is doped with elemental barium that enhances the creep resistance of the alumina layer, thus, minimizing spallation of the ceramic thermal barrier layer.

Claims (26)

1. A thermal barrier coating system for a metallic substrate, the coating system comprising:

a bond coat layer on the metallic substrate, the bond coat layer comprising an aluminum containing alloy and a doping material comprising elemental barium;

an aluminum oxide layer on the bond coat layer; and

a ceramic thermal barrier layer on the aluminum oxide layer.

2. The thermal barrier coating system of claim 1 , wherein the elemental barium is present in the bond coat layer in the amount of about 0.01 to about 5.0% by weight.

3. The thermal barrier coating system of claim 1 , wherein the metallic substrate comprises a nickel based superalloy.

4. The thermal barrier coating system of claim 1 , wherein the metallic substrate comprises a cobalt based superalloy.

5. The thermal barrier coating system of claim 1 , wherein the metallic substrate comprises a nickel-iron based superalloy.

6. The thermal barrier coating system of claim 1 , wherein the aluminum containing alloy comprises one of a nickel aluminide, a cobalt aluminide, a platinum aluminide and an MCrAlY alloy, wherein the M in MCrAlY is selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum and mixtures thereof and the Y in MCrAlY alloy is at least one of yttrium, hafnium, lanthanum, cerium and scandium.

7. A metallic article comprising:

a metallic substrate comprising a superalloy; and

a thermal barrier coating system on the metallic substrate, the coating system comprising:

a bond coat layer on the metallic substrate, the bond coat comprising an aluminum containing alloy and a doping material comprising elemental barium;

an aluminum oxide layer on the bond coat; and

a ceramic thermal barrier layer on the aluminum oxide layer.

8. The metallic article of claim 7 , wherein the elemental barium is present in the bond coat layer in the amount of about 0.01 to about 5.0% by weight.

9. The metallic article of claim 7 , wherein the superalloy comprises a nickel based superalloy.

10. The metallic article of claim 7 , wherein the superalloy comprises a cobalt based superalloy.

11. The metallic article of claim 7 , wherein the superalloy comprises a nickel-iron based superalloy.

12. The metallic article of claim 7 , wherein the aluminum containing alloy comprises one of a nickel aluminide, a cobalt aluminide, a platinum aluminide and an MCrAlY alloy, wherein the M in MCrAlY is selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum and mixtures thereof and the Y in MCrAlY alloy is at least one of yttrium, hafnium, lanthanum, cerium and scandium.

13. A method of applying a thermal barrier coating on a metallic substrate, comprising:

forming a bond coating on the metallic substrate, wherein the bond coat comprises an aluminum containing alloy and a doping material comprising elemental barium;

applying a ceramic thermal barrier layer to the bond coating; and

thermally growing an aluminum oxide layer between the bond coat and the ceramic thermal barrier layer.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the elemental barium is present in the bond coat layer in the amount of about 0.01 to about 5.0% by weight.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the aluminum containing alloy comprises one of a nickel aluminide, a cobalt aluminide, a platinum aluminide and an MCrAlY alloy, wherein the M in MCrAlY is selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum and mixtures thereof and the Y in MCrAlY alloy is at least one of yttrium, hafnium, lanthanum, cerium and scandium.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Dec 16, 2008
From: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
To: AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES
Reel/Frame 021992/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2008
From: CARTER, EMILY A.; MILAS, IVAN
To: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 021421/0391 →
Continuity (1)
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