Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5438513 | Ceramics International | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Water vapour corrosion resistance of five rare earth monosilicates Y2SiO5, Gd2SiO5, Er2SiO5, Yb2SiO5, and Lu2SiO5 was investigated during testing at 1350 °C for up to 166 h in static air with 90% water vapour. Four of the RE-silicates showed little weight gain (0.859 mg cmâ2) after 166 h of exposure. Prior to testing the microstructure consists of equiaxed grains of 4- 7±0.4 µm. XRD analysis showed that after 50 h exposure to water vapour corrosion Y, Er, Yb and Lu-silicates had both mono and disilicates present on their surfaces as a result of the reaction between monosilicate and water vapour to form disilicate, while Gd-silicate has converted completely to G4.67Si3O13 making it less stable for environmental barrier coating application. The microstructures of corroded Y, Er, Yb and Lu-silicates contain ridges and cracks, while that of Gd-silicate contains rounded grains suggesting melting along with striped contract grains.
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Authors
N. Al Nasiri, N. Patra, D.D. Jayaseelan, W.E. Lee,