Compositions and methods of deposition of thick environmental barrier coatings on CMC blade tips
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorGlen Harold Kirby
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Abstract
Coating systems are provided for use on a CMC substrate, that can include: a bond coat on a surface of the CMC substrate; a first rare earth silicate coating on the bond coat; a sacrificial coating of a reinforced rare earth silicate matrix on the at least one rare earth silicate layer; a second rare earth silicate coating on the sacrificial coating; and an outer layer on the second rare earth silicate coating. The first rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer, and the second rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer. The sacrificial coating has a thickness of about 4 mils to about 40 mils. Methods are also provided for tape deposition of a sacrificial coating on a CMC substrate.
Claims16
A coating system on an airfoil formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and defining a blade tip, the coating system comprising:
- a bond coat on a surface of the airfoil;
- a first rare earth silicate coating on the bond coat, wherein the first rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer;
- a sacrificial coating of a reinforced rare earth silicate matrix on the blade tip and over the at least one rare earth silicate layer;
- a second rare earth silicate coating on the sacrificial coating where the sacrificial coating is present and on the first rare earth silicate coating where the sacrificial coating is not present, wherein the second rare earth silicate coating is merged with the first rare earth silicate coating where the sacrificial coating is not present to form a rare earth silicate coating that surrounds the sacrificial coating at the blade tip such that the sacrificial coating is completely encased within the first rare earth silicate coating and the second rare earth silicate coating at the blade tip;
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- an outer layer on the second rare earth silicate coating.
A coating system on a blade tip of an airfoil formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC), the coating system comprising:
- a bond coat on a surface of the airfoil;
- a first rare earth silicate coating on the bond coat, wherein the first rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer;
- a sacrificial coating of a reinforced rare earth silicate matrix on the blade tip and over the at least one rare earth silicate layer, wherein the sacrificial coating has a thickness of about 4 mils to about 40 mils, and wherein a porosity in the sacrificial coating is less than 10 volume %;
- a second rare earth silicate coating on the sacrificial coating where the sacrificial coating is present at the blade tip and on the first rare earth silicate coating where the sacrificial coating is not present, wherein the second rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer, and wherein the first rare earth silicate coating and the second rare earth silicate coating are merged where the sacrificial coating is not present to surround the sacrificial coating at the blade tip such that the sacrificial coating is completely encased within the first rare earth silicate coating and the second rare earth silicate coating at the blade tip;
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- an outer layer on the second rare earth silicate coating.
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