Suspension Plasma Spray Coating of Advanced Ceramics : Thermal Barrier Applications

Suspension Plasma Spray Coating of Advanced Ceramics presents the significance of suspension plasma spray coating of ceramics for thermal barrier applications. It covers suspension formation and optimization in different oxide and non-oxide mixtures and ceramic matrix composites (CMC) of sub-micron and nanosized powders.

Enabling readers to understand the importance of thermally inert and insulating ceramic coatings on metals and alloys, the book explains how to improve their utilization in applications, such as turbine blades or diesel engines, gas turbines, and coating methods. This book also discusses advanced topics on nanomaterials coatings in monolithic or composite forms as thermal barriers through organic and non-organic based suspensions using high energy plasma spray methods.

Features:

• Presents significant thermal barrier properties using high energy plasma spray methods.
• Explores advanced surface modification techniques.
• Covers monolithic, composite, and solid solution ceramics coating.
• Discusses high precision coating methods.

The book will be useful for professional engineers working in surface modification and researchers studying materials science and engineering, corrosion, and abrasion.

Dr. Navid Hosseinabadi received his B.Sc. in materials science and engineering (2004) and focused his graduate studies (M.Sc. and Ph.D., 2004-2010) on ceramics and nanomaterials. He is currently an Assistant Professor of materials science and engineering at Shiraz University. He specializes in ceramics engineering and ceramic precursor suspension optimization for ceramic coating via plasma spray coating process. His research interests include the oxide thermal barrier coating.

Mr. Hossein Ali Dehghanian is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of materials engineering at Isfahan University of Technology, after receiving his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Shiraz University. His research is focused on advanced oxide materials coatings via plasma electrolyte oxidation and micro-arc oxidation methods. Currently, he is involved in thermal barrier coatings via suspension plasma spray specially in Lanthanum-Zirconate systems. He is also the co-inventor of "Ceramic colloid suspension stream injector for functionally graded suspension plasma spray coatings" (PCT/IB2020/061929) patent.