IP Library Granted Patent US 10,508,809
Granted Patent B2
US 10,508,809 · App. 15/338,979 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Articles for high temperature service and methods for making

Inventors: Cathleen Ann Hoel (Schenectady, NY); Kristen Hall Brosnan (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: General Electric Company
F23R3/002C23C4/11C23C4/134F01D5/288F05D2230/312F05D2230/313F05D2300/2112F05D2300/5023
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Patent No.
US 10,508,809
App. No.
15/338,979
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an article and methods of forming the article. The article includes a thermal barrier coating disposed on a substrate. The thermal barrier coating includes a thermal barrier material and partially filled surface-connected columnar voids. The partially filled surface-connected columnar voids are interspersed with the thermal barrier material in the thermal barrier coating. At least some of the partially filled surface-connected columnar voids include a calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicon-oxide (CMAS)-reactive material disposed within, such that the CMAS-reactive material is physically separated from the substrate by a columnar cavity having an aspect ratio greater than 3.

Claims (17)

1. A method of forming an article, comprising:

disposing a fugitive material within at least some surface-connected columnar voids in a thermal barrier coating disposed on a substrate, wherein disposing the fugitive material comprises infiltrating the at least some surface-connected columnar voids with a first liquid; and

disposing a calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicon-oxide (CMAS)-reactive material within the at least some surface-connected columnar voids, such that the CMAS-reactive material is physically separated from the substrate by a columnar cavity having an aspect ratio greater than 3, wherein disposing the CMAS-reactive material comprises infiltrating the at least some surface-connected columnar voids with a second liquid, wherein the first liquid is at least partially immiscible with the second liquid.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fugitive material comprises mineral oil, polyethylene glycol, paraffin wax, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first liquid comprises a melt of the fugitive material, the fugitive material suspended in a carrier fluid, the fugitive material dissolved in a solvent, or combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising drying at least a part of the first liquid, retaining the fugitive material.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second liquid comprises a precursor of the CMAS-reactive material.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising drying at least a part of the second liquid, retaining the precursor of the CMAS-reactive material.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising heat-treating to remove the fugitive material, to react the precursor to form the CMAS-reactive material, or a combination thereof.

8. A method, comprising:

disposing a fugitive material within at least some surface-connected columnar voids in a thermal barrier coating, wherein disposing the fugitive material comprises infiltrating the at least some surface-connected columnar voids with a first liquid;

disposing a calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicon-oxide (CMAS)-reactive material over the fugitive material, wherein disposing the CMAS-reactive material comprises infiltrating the at least some surface-connected columnar voids with a second liquid, wherein the first liquid is at least partially immiscible with the second liquid; and

removing the fugitive material to create a columnar cavity in the thermal barrier coating in between the CMAS-reactive material and the substrate.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein an aspect ratio of the at least some surface-connected columnar voids is greater than 3.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first liquid comprises a melt of the fugitive material, the fugitive material suspended in a carrier fluid, the fugitive material dissolved in a solvent, or combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second liquid comprises a precursor of the CMAS-reactive material.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: reacting the precursor to form the CMAS-reactive material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2016
From: HOEL, CATHLEEN ANN; BROSNAN, KRISTEN HALL
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 040176/0361 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180119270A1 · May 3, 2018