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Nickel aluminide coating and coating systems formed therewith

a technology of nickel aluminide and coating system, which is applied in the direction of superimposed coating process, plasma technique, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of increasing internal oxidation, reducing mechanical properties, and components of the turbine, so as to improve oxidation and spallation resistance, the effect of improving the oxidation resistan

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-31
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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[0010] The present invention generally provides a beta-NiAl overlay coating and a process for forming the coating on a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as superalloy turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. According to one aspect of the invention, the coating system includes a ceramic topcoat that exhibits improved spallation resistance as a result of the beta-phase NiAl overlay coating containing a dispersion of ceramic particles, yielding a coating system capable of exhibiting improved oxidation and spallation resistance.
[0011] More particularly, the beta-NiAl overlay coating contains at least one reactive element and is deposited so that at least some of the reactive element deposits as ceramic particles dispersed in the overlay coating. The ceramic particles are present in an amount and size sufficient to be stable and unreactive at temperatures up to about 1300° C. and to increase the strength of the overlay coating by a dispersion strengthening mechanism. In one example, zirconium and chromium are constituents of the overlay coating, and are reacted during the deposition process to form oxides, carbides and / or nitrides. Notably, significantly improved oxidation and spallation resistance can be achieved with a beta-NiAl overlay coating containing zirconium and chromium by reacting some of the zirconium and chromium during the coating process to form a fine and uniform dispersion of submicron ceramic particles throughout the overlay coating.

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Components within the turbine, combustor and augmentor sections of gas turbine engines are susceptible to oxidation and hot corrosion attack, in addition to high temperatures that can decrease their mechanical properties.
While oxidation performance suffers if the zirconium level is too low (e.g., below 0.05 atomic percent), higher levels of zirconium result in Zr-rich intermetallic precipitates that can increase internal oxidation.

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[0015] The present invention provides a composition and process for achieving a desirable combination of environmental properties in a predominantly beta-phase NiAl-based coating containing reactive element additions. In NiAl-based coatings of this invention, reactive element additions are incorporated to a level necessary for optimum oxidation resistance (i.e., below levels that would lead to excessive kp values) without significantly exceeding the solid solution limit of the element, while additional bond coat strength (needed for TBC spallation resistance) is provided by a stable dispersion of oxides, carbides and / or nitrides of the reactive element, e.g., zirconia (ZrO2), hafnia (HfO2), chromia (Cr2O3), yttria (Y2O3), ceria (CeO2), zirconium carbide (ZrC), hafnium carbide (HfC), etc., and possibly oxides, carbides and / or nitrides of other elements of the coating, e.g., alumina (Al2O3), aluminum nitride (AlN), etc.

[0016] In view of the above, beta-NiAl-based coatings of this inv...

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Abstract

A beta-phase NiAl overlay coating containing a dispersion of ceramic particles and a process for depositing the overlay coating. If the coating is used to adhere a thermal barrier coating (TBC), the TBC exhibits improved spallation resistance as a result of the dispersion of ceramic particles having a dispersion-strengthening effect on the overlay coating. The overlay coating contains at least one reactive element and is deposited so that the some of the reactive element deposits as the ceramic particles dispersed in the overlay coating.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a Division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 249,564, filed Apr. 18, 2003.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] This invention was made with Government support under Agreement No. F33615-98-C-2893 awarded by the U.S. Department of the Air Force. The Government has certain rights in the invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention generally relates to coatings of the type used to protect components exposed to high temperature environments, such as bond coats and environmental coatings for gas turbine engine components. More particularly, this invention is directed to a ceramic-containing beta-phase (β) NiAl (beta-NiAl) overlay coating for use as a bond coat or environmental coating. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0004] Components within the turbine, combustor and augmentor sections of gas turbine engines are susceptible to oxidation and hot corrosion attack, in addition to high...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C23C4/02C23C4/12C23C14/06C23C28/00
CPCC23C4/02Y10T428/12576C23C14/06C23C28/321C23C28/3215C23C28/324C23C28/345C23C28/3455Y10T428/12736Y10T428/12611Y10T428/12771Y10T428/12944Y10T428/12618Y10T428/12806Y10T428/252C23C4/12
Inventor DAROLIA, RAMGOPALRIGNEY, JOSEPH DAVIDWALSTON, WILLIAM SCOTTPFAENDTNER, JEFFREY ALLANBOUTWELL, BRETT ALLEN ROHRERSPITSBERG, IRENERUUD, JAMES ANTHONY
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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