CA1239556A - Process for preparing high temperature materials - Google Patents

Process for preparing high temperature materials

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CA1239556A
CA1239556A CA000491714A CA491714A CA1239556A CA 1239556 A CA1239556 A CA 1239556A CA 000491714 A CA000491714 A CA 000491714A CA 491714 A CA491714 A CA 491714A CA 1239556 A CA1239556 A CA 1239556A
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Abstract: 3970-38 The invention relates to the production of high temperature materials with coatings being resistant to high temperature corrosion by forming a dual phase structure of corrosion resistant metal alloy and metal oxides. The metal oxides function as barriers for the diffusion of alloy elements, heat diffusion and electric conductivity. The result can be further enhanced by hot isostatic pressing of the coating and the use of tantalum as barrier layer, where the functioning of tanta-lum is the result of the low diffusion speed of tantalum in nickel base alloys.

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~239S56 Process for preparing high temperature materials In the field of gas turbines the development is characterized by in-creased engine temperatures. This development has made it necessary to change the composition of for instance nickel base alloys towards lower contents of oxidation resistant elements like chromium and higher contents of high temperature strengthening y-forming elements like aluminium.The resistance against high temperature corrosion in the low chromium nickel base alloys has then been maintained by coax tying the components for increased oxidation resistance. The most common type of coating has been nickel aluminize with additions of chromium, silicon and sometimes platinum. The coating is obtained by forming an aluminum layer on the base material by chemical vapour deposition, and forming the nickel aluminize by a subsequent Defoe-soon heat treatment.

A later development has been to build up "overlay coatings" by physical vapour deposition, plasma spraying or vacuum plasma spraying.
These types of coatings are often called MCrAlY:s after the elements in the composition, where M can be Fe, Nix Co or Nick.

The expression MCrAlY only refers to the chemical composition, not to thermodynamically phase composition of the coatings. FeCrAlY has a ferritic body centered cubic (baa) crystal structure which is ductile, the others a face centered (ice) inter metallic cubic struck lure which is brittle in comparison.
Of the above mentioned methods of deposition, physical vapour deposit lion is generally considered to be the most expensive method and ordinary plasma spraying the cheapest. Ordinary plasma spraying has up to now not been used so frequently as other methods in spite of the cost factor, because the oxides formed are considered to be dotter-mental to the properties of the coating. This has been one of the reasons behind the development of the vacuum plasma process intended to give an oxide free coating.

Of the coating compositions mentioned above, FeCrAlY is known since ~L239556 ~racte~ark 2 -the 1930's under the ehsrrgm~eron "Kant Hal", the others have been developed later on.
The present invention, which is of interest for aircraft engines and gas turbines, differs from conventional coating in the way that instead of trying to avoid oxides more or less unintentionally formed during coating and considered detrimental, a coating is intentionally formed consisting of a mixture of oxide- and metal phase particles, which by subsequent treatments is turned to a coating with properties equal or superior to those of a pure metallic coating with the same metal phase composition both with regard to hot corrosion and to heat conducting properties.
Thus the present invention provides a process for preparing heat resistant and corrosion resistant materials by coating the material with an alloy of the type MCrALY, where M is Fe, Nix Co or Nick, characterized in that the coating is formed by plasma spraying a powder of the alloy metals in the presence of a controlled supply of oxygen and that the plasma sprayed powder comprises an excess of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Or and Y compared to the final alloy composition, whereby a certain amount of the powder is oxidized so that the resulting coating is of a dual phase structure consisting of a metal phase of the composition MCrALY and oxide layers which are more or less parallel to the material surface preventing the diffusion of metals or heat in the thickness direction of the layers.
Rig tests, which will be described hereinafter in detail, confirm that the low alloy cost plasma sprayed FeCrALY under these circumstances is quite comparable if not superior to the high alloy cost vacuum plasma sprayed CoCrALY. As the body centered cubic FeCrALY-coating is more ductile that the face centered inter metallic cubic coatings, it can also serve as underlay coating for ceramic coatings with the advantage that the ~23~556 - pa - 63970-38 coefficient of expansion is more than 30~ lower than for a face centered cubic coating and nearer the coefficient of expansion for ceramics. The utility of FeCrALY is also an advantage with regard to resistance against thermal fatigue in the matrix-coating ceramic interfaces.
Coatings on high temperature alloys are slowly consumed by diffusion of metal atoms from the interior matrix-coating interface inwards and outwards and from oxygen and Selfware from the exterior atmosphere inwards. The efficiency of a coating can be judged by the -time it takes until the coating shows signs of penetration.
The life requirements vary among other things with the times between engine overhauls, which can be 200-600 his for military jet engines up to 3000 his for civil jet engines and even longer for stationary gas turbines.
The diffusion of metal atoms from a nickel base alloy into an overlay :~2~955;6 CoCrALY - NiCrALY type of coating will generally not change the crystallographic structure of the coating. If nickel however is allowed to diffuse into a ferritic FeCrALY coating, a phase change from baa to ice occurs and the coating looses ductility. Oxide layers parallel to the matrix surface form obstacles to the diffusion of nickel atoms and delay the -transformation from baa to ice structure.
The coating of a matrix metal, for instance a nickel base allow by physical vapour deposition results in an epitaxial growth (at right angle to the surface). The structure obtained contains long porosities so called "leaders" going from the interface of matrix-coating outwards. These leaders increase the diffusion rate of oxygen and Selfware from the combustion gases inwards to the matrix metal. A plasmasprayedcoating also contains pores but in this case more equiaxed. In both cases a closing of pores reduces the oxidation and sulphidation rate of the coatings. A
closing of pores is necessary for the dual phase metal - metal oxide coating to work. A closing of pores is possible without any essential deterioration of the morphology of the oxides.
Some phase changes occur in the coating-matrix interface due to diffusion during the closing process. The closing process benefits if it can be performed at temperatures under 1000C or lower.
During ordinary plasma spraying (not vacuum plasma spraying) aluminum, yttrium and chromium in the powder are oxidized. The composition of the metal powder must be adapted with regard to the oxidized elements so that the composition of the ~239S5~
-pa- 63970-38 metal phase in the finished coating corresponds to the composition of the alloy with maximum corrosion resistance. This requires at least 2 % aluminum more in the metal powder than in the coating metal phase. A typical FeCrALY compositor is Fe balance, 20% Or, 9% Al and YO-YO. The content of metal oxide in the coating can be varied by having more an less oxygen gas in the plasma or by mixing ceramic particles into the plasma powder.
The object of the invention is to increase the usable life time and I

to minimize the costs of high temperature resistant coatings. This is being done by a series of moves intended to reduce detrimental Defoe-soon without serious loss of mechanical properties in the system or unreasonable increase in costs. If the moves mentioned are not suffix client for the required service life the coating can be improved by introducing yet another metal diffusion barrier namely a tantalum layer between the matrix and the FeCrAlY coating. Investigations on the alloy IN 738 have shown that when homogenizing the alloy the Defoe-lion of tantalum is small. Tantalum forms high temperature stable ;ntermetaLlic compounds or mixtures with ail the elements Al, Co, Fe, Nix Or, Y and is especially suitable to prevent diffusion from -- the FeCrAlY into a cobalt or nickel base alloy or vice versa. To sum up the different steps in obtaining an improved high temperature coating to low costs, these are:
- the metallic coating is substituted by a metal - metal oxide dual phase metal - ceramic coating applied by plasma spraying. The morphology of the ceramics is such as to increase metal atom diffusion distances from the coating - matrix interface to the surface of the component.
- the above principle works for all MCrAlY-coatings but use of the ductile ferriticlFeCrAlY alloy makes it possible to mix more oxides into the coating, increasing diffusion distances even more, without getting a too brittle coating, too susceptible to thermal fatigue.
- the possibility of diffusion of oxygen and Selfware through the coax tying are reduced by closing the pores inside the coating. These pores have been formed during plasma spraying. The pores can hardly be avoided in a dual metal - metal oxide coating applied by plasma spraying. Closing can be obtained by hot isostatic pressing, but other mechanical methods are also possible.
- a reduction of the possibilities of metal atoms to diffuse from the matrix metal into the FeCrAlYlthereby changing the phase structure from baa to the more brittle ice, can further be obtained by intro-during a layer of tantalum between the matrix and the FeCrAlY coating.
This will improve the mechanical properties of the coating especially with regard to thermal fatigue. With regard to diffusion of metals, tantalum also works for the other MCrAlr:s, but the benefit is pro-badly not as great.

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- all the above operations mentioned will contribute to a stops increase in service life expectancy of the coating. Costs versus life expectancy will decode the necessity of a tantalum layer.
- the low costs are obtained by using a simple method, plasma spray-in, for application of the coating, and a metal phase FeCrAlY withal costs in alloying elements.
- the compatibilityltowards ceramic coatings with regard to lower coefficient of expansion both for the metal-oxide phase and the baa FeCrAlY - metal compared to the ice - MCrAlY:s, and the good duct-lily of FeCrAlY improves the life time expectancy for ceramic coax tongs with the improved FeCrALY coating as underlay.

The advantages of the invention are illustrated in more detail in the attached photos and diagrams, in which fig. 1 shows a plasma sprayed Furl coating with oxide inclusion;
fig. 2 shows the coating of fig. 1 after mechanical closing of pores;
fig. 3 shows the results of rug tests; and fig. 4-6 are diagrams showing cumulative frequencies of alloying eye-mints after homogenizing of the alloy IN 738 at 1180C for 128 hours. Random scanning 100 points.

The rig tests of fig. 3 were carried out in burner rig at NIL Tedding-ton, England up to owe hours.
Coatings:
1-2. CoCrAlY, low pressure plasma sprayed.
3-4. FeCrAlY (low Al). Oxides removed by remelting.
Polished samples.
5. Same as 3-4 but unpolished samples.
6. Same as twisted 139 hours.
307. Same as 6, tested 308 hours.
8. FeCrAlY thigh Al) remelted to remove oxides, end not protected, 22û hours.
9. Same as 8, end protected 308 hours.
10. FeCrAlY, (high Al) remelted.
3511. FeCrAlY, slow Al) pores closed.
12. FeCrAlY, (high Al) pores closed.
13. FeCrAlY, physical vapour depos;t;on.
14. FeCrAlY, physical vapour deposition under supply of oxygen.
15-16. Nickel-aluminide with platinum.
4017. Uncoated matrix alloy IN 738.

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THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Process for preparing heat resistant and corrosion resistant materials by coating the material with an alloy of the type MCrAlY, where M is Fe, Ni, Co or NiCo, characterized in that the coating is formed by plasma spraying a powder of the alloy metals in the presence of a controlled supply of oxygen and that the plasma sprayed powder comprises an excess of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr and Y compared to the final alloy composition, whereby a certain amount of the powder is oxidized so that the resulting coating is of a dual phase structure consisting of a metal phase of the composition MCrAlY
and oxide layers which are more or less parallel to the material surface preventing the diffusion of metals or heat in the thickness direction of the layers.
2. Process according to claim 1, wherein the oxygen is supplied as gas and/or oxide powder.
3. Process according to claim 1 wherein the plasma sprayed powder comprises at least 2% more of Al than the alloy constitut-ing the metal phase of the produced coating.
4. Process according to claim 3 wherein the plasma sprayed powder comprises about 7% of Al.
5. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the produced coating is given a ceramic coating.
6. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the produced coating is given a ceramic coating of ZrO2.
7. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plasma sprayed material is hot isostatically pressed in an encapsuled condition, which improves the adhesion and the diffusion density of the coatings.
8. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plasma sprayed material which is given a ceramic coating is hot isostatically pressed in an encapsuled condition, which improves the adhesion and the diffusion density of the coatings.
9. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the material is given a tantalum layer before the plasma spraying.
10. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the oxides or other suitable ceramic materials are mixed into the powder before the plasma spraying.
11. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the metal phase of the coating formed by means of the plasma spraying consists of FeCrALY.
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