Published December 25, 2015 | public
Journal Article

The interaction of calcium–magnesium–aluminosilicate with ytterbium silicate environmental barrier materials

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Abstract

The interactions of two potential topcoat materials for environmental barrier coatings, Yb_2SiO_5 and Yb_2Si_2O_7, with calcium-magnesium-aluminosilicate (CMAS) engine deposits were studied. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and electron diffraction were used to investigate the phase transformation associated with the exposure of Yb_2SiO_5 and Yb_2Si_2O_7 to CMAS at 1300 °C. It was found that Yb_2SiO_5 strongly reacts with CMAS to completely dissolve the Yb_2SiO_5 and form hexagonal Ca_2Yb_8(SiO_4)_6O_2 deposits. In contrast, no discernable reaction between CMAS and Yb_2Si_2O_7, was observed over the 96-h exposure.

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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Received 2 May 2015; Revised 15 August 2015; Accepted in revised form 17 August 2015; Available online 4 September 2015. This research was made possible by the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. This work made use of the OMM Facility supported by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center of Northwestern University. SEM and FIB-SEM(FEI)were performed in the EPIC facility of NUANCE Center at Northwestern University. NUANCE Center is supported by NSF-NSEC, NSF-MRSEC, Keck Foundation, the State of Illinois, and Northwestern University. X-ray diffraction experiments were performed at the Cohen X-ray Lab at Northwestern University. The Cohen X-ray Facility is supported by NSF-MRSEC. A Northwestern University Terminal Year Fellowship provided partial support for F.S.

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